Mine Index Number: 0361
| Company Name:
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Ernest Caldwell
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| Mine Name:
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Caldwell Mine
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| Start Date:
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1922
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End Date:
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1930
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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3
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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 drift
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Marshall
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13N 9E
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35
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SW NE NE
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Geology
| Danville
|
150-200
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2.5
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4.3
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3.5
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Geological Problems Reported
Sulfur balls and clay partings are present. A persistent clay band is present 8 to 9inches above the floor. Occasional sulfur bands are present. The upper 2 inches of the seam is sulfurous and bony.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Ernest Caldwell The last name is spelled in various ways (Colwell, Collwell, Calwell).
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Caldwell
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1922-1930
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8,895 Mines producing less than 1,000 tons not reported 1930-1933; operation and production unknown 1930-1933
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| Total Production: 8,895 Mines producing less than 1,000 tons not reported 1930-1933; operation and production unknown 1930-1933
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Mine notes
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undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Marshall County) - Mine names, mine index, seam, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Marshall County) - Mine type, drift location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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