Mine Index Number: 0750
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Clayton Brothers
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| Mine Name:
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Clayton Mine
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| Start Date:
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1907
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End Date:
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1913
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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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| Acres after map date:
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8
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Grundy
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34N 7E
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28
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NW NW SW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Colchester
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50-55
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0
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3.75
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2.04-3.0
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was “soapstone”, a gray shale. There was a ½-inch band of pyrite 5 inches below the top of the coal bed.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 18,548
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| ISGS map library, 4107 d5-25, sheet 3
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1919
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS Bulletin 43, Plate 3, ISGS map library, 4107 d5-25, sheet 3 - Mine location.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS Bulletin 43 (Extract B), Culver, Harold E., 1921 - Geologic problems.
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