Mine Index Number: 0283
| Company Name:
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William Summers
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| Mine Name:
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Summers Mine
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| Start Date:
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1902
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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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Between 7 and 9
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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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| Shaft
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Madison
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6N 10W
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36
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SE SE SE There are probably more shafts in the area than indicated. The mine notes state that Benjamin Eccles would sink a new shaft whenever the distance got too far (about 300 feet) to shove a small box of coal back to the shaft.
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| Shaft
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Madison
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6N 10W
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36
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NW SE SW There are probably more shafts in the area than indicated. The mine notes state that Benjamin Eccles would sink a new shaft whenever the distance got too far (about 300 feet) to shove a small box of coal back to the shaft.
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Geology
| Colchester
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40-130 The range of depths may vary due to the different shafts used by Benjamin Eccles. Field notes in 1922 gave a 130-foot depth; 1916 field notes gave a 40-foot depth; mine notes from 1909 gave a 63-foot depth.
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2.0
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2.25-3.5
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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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| Benjamin Eccles
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Eccles
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1906-1922 Production not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.
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12,401
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS mine notes
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1909
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(text only)
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1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.
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Secondary source
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| ISGS field notes (G. H. Cady)
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1916
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(text only)
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1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.
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Secondary source
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| ISGS field notes (T. B. Root)
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1922
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(text only)
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1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map 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, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Madison County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Madison County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS field notes (Madison County) - Mine type, shaft locations, depth, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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