Mine Index Number: 0112
| Company Name:
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Dorthel Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Dorthel No. 5 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1910
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End Date:
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March 1936
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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322
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| Acres after map date:
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65
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Not Shown On Map. The Silver Creek Mine was later surface mined by Middle Grove Mine (mine index 621).
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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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Fulton
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8N 4E
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4
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SE SW SE
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| Air shaft
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Fulton
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8N 4E
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4
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SE SW SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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48
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3.5-4.3
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RPP
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Geological Problems Reported
The cap rock was poor limestone up to 8 inches thick, but not always present. The immediate roof to the coal was up to 10 inches of black shale, and the intervening layer was draw slate up 10 inches thick. The black shale often stuck to the coal. Clay layers up to 1/4 inch thick were noted as well as occasional pyrite nodules. One pyrite boulder was seen in the gob that was 3 to 4 inches thick and 12 to 18 inches long. Horsebacks of clay and spar were numerous. Floor heaving took place when the entries were wet.
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: 2,267,956
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351608
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9-10-1925
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1:2400
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1:5462
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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 (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 351608, reel 03136, frames 408 and 409 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ No production was reported under this name. Any production that took place was likely reported under Dorthel No. 2 Mine (mine index 111).
