Mine Index Number: 0211
| Company Name:
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E. S. Gray
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| Mine Name:
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Gray No. 4 Mine and Gray Surface Mine
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| Start Date:
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1903
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End Date:
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1913
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground and Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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95 underground and 3 surface
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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 [1]
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Vermilion
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19N 12W
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17
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NE NE NE
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| Pit and tipple [2]
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Vermilion
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19N 12W
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16
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NW NW NW
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Geology
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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| Total Production: 480,747
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-9
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8-30-1939
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1:4800
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1:4800
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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, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-9, map of Morgan Coal Company (mine index 663) - Shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Company: 4103.V4 i5.1-9
Map Date: 8-30-1939
Coal Co.: F. C. Morgan Coal Company
Mine Name: Old Vermilion Mine
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Notes
- ↑ The underground mine was abandoned due to water from the river breaking through into the mine; the main entry was used to haul surface-mined coal to the tipple. (1910 Coal Report, p. 328)
- ↑ The underground mine was abandoned due to water from the river breaking through into the mine; the main entry was used to haul surface-mined coal to the tipple. (1910 Coal Report, p. 328)
