Mine Index Number: 0279
| Company Name:
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Colfax Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Colfax Mine
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| Start Date:
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1888
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End Date:
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June 1918
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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124
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| Acres after map date:
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35-50
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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
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McLean
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24N 5E
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3
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SE SW NE
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| Escape shaft
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McLean
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24N 5E
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3
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SE SW NE
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Geology
| Danville
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387-400
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4.0
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6.0
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5.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
Pockets of gas were found occasionally. The seam had a gray shale roof that was 30 feet thick. Irregular lenses of pyrite were present in the seam.
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: 955,510
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 353314
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1-1907 The source map was very poor, with portions missing along fold lines of the original paper map. Additional surveyed stations are shown on the right side of the map, with a “July (year ripped off and missing)” date that may indicate that some surveying took place later in 1907.
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1:1800
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1:3351
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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, depth.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (McLean County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (McLean County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 353314, reel 03142, frame 290 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mine type, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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