The Santa Fe tracks were just south of IL-116, and the tiple was between the tracks and the mine dump.
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| Andy Zukowski posted Coal Mine and Jumbo, Roanoke, Illinois. 1916 |
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| Jim Yasinski posted Coal Mine at Roanoke, Illinois History of Roanoke Mine http://genealogytrails.com/ill/woodford/roaMine.html#history |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Jim's post https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/webfiles/topo-mines/roanoke.pdf |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Jim's post The intersection of Ann and Douglas Streets is in the upper-right corner of this 1939 aerial photo excerpt. https://clearinghouse.isgs.illinois.edu/webdocs/ilhap/county/data/woodford/flight6/0bxm02020.jpg |
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| Woodford County Historical Society - Illinois posted Here is the picture! Deb Flynn: My Dad told me that this building fell into the mine. No one was hurt. One Roanoke resident jumped in the mine and fell 500ft to his death Richard Fiedler shared Roanoke Coal Co, Roanoke IL. |
Back in 2009, the mine dump wasn't completely covered by trees.
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| Street View, Jun 2009 |
The tree growth we see today on the dump is recent. I wonder how much of that erosion contained heavy metals.
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| Google Earth, May 2003 |
As recently as 2015, vegetation was not happy with the "soil" on that dump.
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| Google Earth, Apr 2015 |
And the east side never had any vegetation in any of the views.
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| Satellite |
4 of 10 photos posted by Jan Smith with the comment: "Coal Miner dedication of the Roanoke mine. 4-10-24."
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