Mine Index Number: 0292
| Company Name:
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Virden Wagstaffe
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| Mine Name:
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Wagstaffe Mine
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| Start Date:
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1889
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End Date:
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1910
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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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10
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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 (9 x 4.5 ft)
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Morgan
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13N 10W
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30
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NE NE SW
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Geology
| Herrin
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60-65
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3.0
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4.8
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4.5
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof consisted of 1 foot of limestone underlain by 2 to 4 feet of soft gray shale. The uppermost 6 inches of coal was shaly and was left in place to support the roof and protect the gray shale roof from moisture. The coal dipped to the southwest at a rate of about 1 foot of dip for every 100 feet of distance.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| F. Wagstaffe
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Wagstaffe
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1889-1907
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33,412 Production was not reported in 1894 & 1895. The mine was idle in 1896 & 1897.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS field notes (A. H. Bell)
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7-26-1928
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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| Mine notes (Jon Udden)
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11-17-1909
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1:62500
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1:62500
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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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Morgan County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Morgan County) - Mine type, shaft location, shaft size, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| ISGS field notes (Morgan County) - Shaft location.
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