Mine Index Number: 3546
| Company Name:
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Unknown
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| Mine Name:
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Colby Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1874
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End Date:
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Unknown
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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112
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| Acres after map date:
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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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| Main shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 9W
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11
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NE NE SE
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| Air shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 9W
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11
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SW NE SE
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Geology
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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| Unknown
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Colby
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pre1874-?
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Unknown No production was reported under this name. Most of the production may have been prior to 1882, when the first Coal Report was released.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Federal Land Bank Report
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5-1934
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1:124320
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1:124320
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Secondary source
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| WPA, T1N-R9W
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circa 1934
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1:12000
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1:63360
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Depth, seam, mine type, shaft location.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (St. Clair County) - Mine outline.
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| WPA map, T1N-R9W - Shaft locations.
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| Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois, 1874, Warner & Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
WPA: T1N-R9W
Map Date: Circa 1934
Coal Co.: Colby Mine
Mine Name: Colby Mine
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