Mine Index Number: 6582
| Company Name:
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William Hodges
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| Mine Name:
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Hodges Mine
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| Start Date:
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1878
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End Date:
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1888
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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26
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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2
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Drift
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Vermilion
|
19N 12W
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27
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NE NW SW
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Geology
| Danville
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30-60
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|
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5.83-6.0
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Ben Hodges
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Hodges
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1878-1882
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9,500 Production from July 1879 to June 1881 is unknown.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Federal Land Bank Report
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1-1934
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1:105000
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1:105000
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Secondary source
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| USGS Folio 67
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12-1900
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Vermilion County) - Mine outline.
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| Standard Atlas of Vermilion County, Illinois, published by Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago,1895 - Mine identification.
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| USGS Folio 67, Danville (15-minute) Quadrangle - Drift location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
USGS composite map:
Map Date: 12-1900
Coal Co.: Taylor-English Coal Company
Mine Name: Taylor-English No. 2 Mine
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Federal Land Bank Report:
Map Date: 1-1934
Coal Co.: William Hodges
Mine Name: Hodges Mine
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Photographs
