Mine Index Number: 2362
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Goold Ridge Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Goold Ridge Mine
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| Start Date:
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1878
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End Date:
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1884
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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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25
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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
|
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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33N 7E
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4
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SW SE NW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
|
| Colchester
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40-60
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|
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2.67-3.0
|
LW[1]
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
|
| Federal Land Bank Report
|
1-1934
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1:84480
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1:84480
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, 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.
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| Bibliography
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Grundy County) - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The mine started with RP, but found it impractical and switched to LW before 1884.
- ↑ Production and years of operation prior to July 1878 are unknown.
