Mine Index Number: 6579
Company Name:
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Buskirk Coal Company
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Mine Name:
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Woodard Mine
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Start Date:
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1912
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End Date:
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1943
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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17
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Production Indicated Acres:
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2
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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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Main shaft
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Vermilion
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19N 12W
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19
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SW SE SW [1]
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Air shaft
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Vermilion
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19N 12W
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19
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SW SE SW [2]
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Geology
Danville
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70-80
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5.5-6.0
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MRP
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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
Microfilm, document 353004
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7-1937
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1:600
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1:1034
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Not final
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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 (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.
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Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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Microfilm map, document 353004 reel 03141, frame 149 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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State Archive
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Map ID:
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IL_1838_01
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Company:
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Mine Name:
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Woodard
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Caption:
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Map Date:
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07-1937
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Map Status:
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Not Final
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Image Credit:
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Note:
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More Info:
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M6579 IL 1838 01
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Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/vermilion/m6579 IL 1838 01.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Irregular section; see page 6, ‘Shaft, slope, drift or tipple locations’
- ↑ Irregular section; see page 6, ‘Shaft, slope, drift or tipple locations’
- ↑ Idle 1920
- ↑ Production not reported 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons
- ↑ Production not reported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year; this mine was not reported in 1930 and 1931.
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Operated by Chester W. Larson
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Operated by Frank Woodard
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Production after map date