Mine Index Number: 2045
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Morris Brothers
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| Mine Name:
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Morris Mine
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| Start Date:
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1885
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End Date:
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1890
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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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Less than 1
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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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Washington
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2S 1W
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27
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NW NW SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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512
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5.5
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
Poor roof conditions were encountered immediately at the shaft bottom and the mine was abandoned. The mine was re-opened the next year, but the short operating life of the mine indicates the roof conditions may not have improved with further development. (On the other hand, the depth may have induced financial difficulties.)
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: 1,610
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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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| Federal Land Bank Report
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1-1936
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1:149082
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1:149082
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Washington County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Washington County) - Shaft location, general area of mining.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Abandoned 1886 to 1888; re-opened 1889
