Saturday, June 21, 2025

Perry C: DuQuoin, IL: 1918-40 Perfection Coal Mine

Tipple: (Satellite, half way between Madison and Line Streets and south of the former-IC tracks.)
Mine: (Satellite, much of the green land south of the former-IC tracks and east of US-51.)

Roger Kujawa posted
Perfection Strip Mine Du Quoin Illinois IL Postcard seen on eBay.

Directory

3156 is the green area in the bottom center of this excerpt.
Map

1938 Aerial Photos from ILHAP

Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
The mine operated 1918-1940. I dropped a pin on the location of the tipple, https://maps.app.goo.gl/e5Vj9ufcpmNTBTej8. They did a better job of reclaming the land below Jackson Street than above it.

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