Mine Index Number: 0216
| Company Name:
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William Morris
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| Mine Name:
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West Mine
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| Start Date:
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1904
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End Date:
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1925
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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100
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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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Livingston
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26N 6E
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5
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SW SE
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Geology
| Danville
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65
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3.0
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6.0
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5.0
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RP
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| Colchester [2]
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225-246
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LW
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Geological Problems Reported
The gray shale roof was 20 to 30 feet thick and very hard to keep up. Some rolls were present. The coal contained two clay bands, one a blue band ½ inch thick that had a substantial amount of pyrite, and a lower 3 inch band of clay that was from 3 to 12 inches above the floor. The lower clay band was continuous throughout the mine. Pyrite was also present in lenses 1 to 2 inches thick and 8 to 12 inches across
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: 434,567
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Mine notes (G. H. Cady)
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8-12-1919
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1:62500
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1:62500
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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, mine type, seams, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Livingston County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Livingston County) - Shaft location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ An escape shaft was completed in 1907, but no source maps are available to show the location and only the mainshaft is shown on the accompanying map.
- ↑ The 1908 Coal Report indicated that longwall mining was practiced, but previous and later years only indicated one seam with room and pillar mining.
- ↑ May also have been known as Morris and Walker
