Mine Index Number: 0299
| Company Name:
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B. F. Berry
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| Mine Name:
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Berry Mine
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| Start Date:
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1906
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End Date:
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February 1924
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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658
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| Acres after map date:
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3
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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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Putnam
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32N 1W
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11
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NE SE SE
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| Escape / air shaft
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Putnam
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32N 1W
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11
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SE NE SE
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Geology
| Colchester
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497
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2.83
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3.5
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3.0
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LW
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was 24 feet of soapstone (gray shale), with black shale above. No faults or clay veins were seen and rolls were rare. The floor was 12 inches of fire clay with sandstone below.
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: 3,265,355
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352073
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1-1924
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1-1924
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1:5131
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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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Putnam County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Putnam County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 352073, reel 03138, frame 48 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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