Mine Index Number: 2779
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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William Backs
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| Mine Name:
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Backs Mine
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| Start Date:
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1902
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End Date:
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1920
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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 2
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Formerly known as F. C. Bach (from the ISGS mine notes), but no production was recorded under this name in the annual Coal Reports. The ISGS field notes identify this mine as W. F. Backs.
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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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Madison
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5N 7W
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5
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SW SW 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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125
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|
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4.0-6.0
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RP
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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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| William Backs
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Backs
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1902-1920
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8,454
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| Total Production: 8,454
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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 field notes (T. B. Root)
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6-1922
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(text only)
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1:24000 [1]
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Standard Atlas of Madison County
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1906
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1:31680
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1:31680
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Madison County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Madison County) - Shaft location, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS field notes (Madison County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Standard Atlas of Madison County, Illinois, 1906, compiled & published by George A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, Illinois - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.
