Mine Index Number: 0237
| Company Name:
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Warner Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Rex Mine
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| Start Date:
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1923
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End Date:
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1945
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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117
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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15 acre general area of mining in the southern part of the mine
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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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Henry
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16N 1E
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3
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NE NW SE
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| Air shaft
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Henry
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16N 1E
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3
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SE SW NE
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Geology
| Rock Island
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154
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3.67-4.67
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
A water-bearing rock gave a great deal of trouble while sinking the shaft, and water continued to run down the sides of the shaft. The roof rock was 4.5 feet of limestone, sometimes separated from the coal by a few inches of clod. A small amount of pyrite was present in irregular small masses. Thin coal was indicated on the source map in the southern and northwestern parts of the mine, and poor roof conditions were noted in the southern part of the mine.
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: 460,858
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company, IL_1992-01
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2-24-1948
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Final
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| Company, 4103.H42 i5.1-7
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5-1940
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Not final The portions of the map used were final, including a clearer version of the general area of mining in the southern portion of the mine.
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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 (Henry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Henry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Field notes (Henry County) - Air shaft location.
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| Coal Section files, IL_1992_01, digital map from State Archive, courtesy of Robert Gibson, DNR - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.H42 i5.1-7 - Mine outline, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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