Mine Index Number: 0252
| Company Name:
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John McCaffrey
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| Mine Name:
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Blossomburg Mine
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| Start Date:
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End Date:
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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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14
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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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| Blossomburg Mine
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Henry
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17N 1E
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19
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SE SW NW
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Geology
| Rock Island
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45-60
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|
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4.33-5.83
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RP
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Mine notes
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Undated
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Mine notes
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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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, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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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 location, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
