Mine Index Number: 0076
| Company Name:
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Cosgrove-Meehan Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Cosgrove-Meehan No. 5 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1906
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End Date:
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March 1933
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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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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Montgomery
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7N 4W
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22
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NW SW SE
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| Air shaft (9.3 x 14 ft)
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Montgomery
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7N 4W
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22
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The Coal Reports enumerated the following gas problems: November 1911, 6 killed from a squeeze and gas near the working face; April 1912, 1 killed; 1915, 11 died from afterdamp. The roof was about half limestone and half "black slate". The top coal was thinner where the roof was limestone. The top coal was left up to protect the roof where the black shale was the immediate roof. The roof required timbering, especially near rolls and faults. Some "quicksand" above the coal was discovered when constructing the air shaft. Concretions were present throughout the mine. The fireclay floor heaved badly and slacked readily when exposed to air, and especially when exposed to water.
Production
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 12,623,425
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, geological problems.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Montgomery County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Montgomery County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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Mine Notes
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