Mine Index Number: 0087
| Company Name:
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Odin Central Company
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| Mine Name:
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Odin Mine
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| Start Date:
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1886
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End Date:
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January 1938
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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1,932
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| Acres after map date:
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87
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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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Marion
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2N 1E
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13
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SE NW NW
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| Air shaft
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Marion
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2N 1E
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13
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NW NE NW
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Geology
| Herrin
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708
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6.0
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8.0
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6.3
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MRP, some HER
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Geological Problems Reported
One normal fault with 12 inches of displacement in the western part of the mine was noted. That fault trended SE-NW, and was traced about 2,000 feet. A smaller E-W-trending fault was found in two rooms only. The roof immediately above the coal was a good black shale from 2 to 10 feet thick that generally held well. Top coal was left to support the roof locally. The source map labeled the western part of the mine “caved”, as well as the easternmost part. Pillars were drawn in the northeastern and southernmost parts of the mine. Calcareous clay veins up to 4 inches wide were noted. Gypsum was present throughout the seam. Pyrite was present as lenses or in stony or massive form. Much of this pyrite was removed prior to loading and left in the mine. The lowest part of the coal seam above the blue band had the highest sulphur content. The coal thickness varied more below the blue band than above it. Where the coal totaled 7 feet thick, the blue band was 8 inches above the floor. Where the coal was 6 feet thick, the blue band was 4 to 5 inches above the floor. The blue band was up to 2 inches thick, and consisted of bone coal that was often highly pyritic; perhaps 30 to 50 per cent of the blue band consisted of pyrite. The fire clay making the floor was 8 feet thick or more, and sometimes slacked and creeped.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 7,388,208
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company, 4103.M36 i5.1-2
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10-1932
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1:3727
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1:3727
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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, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Marion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Marion County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Company map, ISGS map library 4103.M36 i5.1-2 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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