Mine Index Number: 0354
Company Name:
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Gus Pobany
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Mine Name:
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Edford Mine
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Start Date:
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1922
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End Date:
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1933
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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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8
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The general area of mining shown on the accompanying map includes the old shaft and another air shaft, which may not be associated with or connected to the Edford Mine.
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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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Henry
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17N 2E
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28
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NE NW NE
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Air shaft
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Henry
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17N 2E
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28
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NE NW NE
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Old Shaft
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Henry
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17N 2E
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28
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NE NW NE
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Air shaft
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Henry
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17N 2E
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21
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SW SW SE
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Geology
Rock Island
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27-29
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2.0
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5.5
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3.0-4.0
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
The coal dipped to the northwest and was characterized by low rolls. The roof rock was 12 to 22 inches of limestone with a great deal of pyrite, overlying 3 feet of black shale. Pyrite lenses were seen in the coal occasionally. The lowest 4 inches of the seam was bone coal. The mine was wet and the underclay heaved readily. For that reason, the mine was worked down the dip, which made haulage more difficult.
Production
Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
ISGS field notes (H. E. Culver)
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1922-1924
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(text only)
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1:24000 [1]
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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 (Henry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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ISGS field notes (Henry County) - Mine type, shaft locations, depth, geologic problems.
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Mine notes (Henry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The shaft locations were shown on a sketched map that did not precisely match in configuration of streams and roads that are shown on current USGS topographic maps. The locations were plotted in a similar configuration as shown on the sketch map and digitized.