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 [3]
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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
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ 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.