Mine Index Number: 2712
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Beggs, Davis and Company
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| Mine Name:
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Walton Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1881
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End Date:
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1904
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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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150
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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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Livingston
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26N 6E
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3
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SW SW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
|
| Danville
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180-195
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|
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4.5-5.0
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RP
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| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
|
| Colchester
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305
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|
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2.33
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LW
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 627,660
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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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| Sanborn-Perris Map Co., Fairbury
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1892 and 1898
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Unknown
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1:24000 [1]
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, seam, depth, thickness, mining method, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Livingston County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Sanborn-Perris Map Company, Limited, New York, map of Fairbury and vicinity - Shaft location (general).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
