Mine Index Number: 0681
| Company Name:
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Midland Electric Coal Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Midland Mine
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| Start Date:
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1947
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End Date:
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1964
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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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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| Tipple
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Bureau
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16N 6E
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22
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SE SE NW
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Geology
| Herrin
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35-106
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3.5-4.9
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Surface
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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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| Total Production: 6,297,886
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Neponset Quadrangle
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1983 (Provisional)
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Buda Quadrangle
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1983 (Provisional)
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1:24000
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1:24000
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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, depth, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Bureau County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Bureau County) - Mine type, tipple location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| USGS (7.5') topographic maps, Neponset & Buda (Provisional, 1983) Quadrangles - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The mine was not listed from 1948 to 1953. The mine may have been producing from reserves in Henry County during those years.
