Mine Index Number: 4232
| Company Name:
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Nees and Groves
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| Mine Name:
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Nees and Groves Mine
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| Start Date:
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1935
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End Date:
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1935
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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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|
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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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| Main shaft
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Shelby
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11N 3E
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23
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NE SE NE
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Geology
| Shelbyville
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38
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|
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2.0
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was a gray shaly limestone that held up well.
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
| Mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 [2]
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Shelby County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation, seam.
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| Mine notes (Shelby County) - Shaft location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The mine has also been referred to as Nees and Reeves.
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
