Mine Index Number: 0299
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| 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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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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
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| 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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
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
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| 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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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Putnam County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Putnam County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Bibliography
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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
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production after map date
