Mine Index Number: 0363
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Anton (Tony) Turk
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| Mine Name:
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Turk Mine
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| Start Date:
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1922
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End Date:
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1930
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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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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 drift
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Marshall
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12N 9E
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2
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NW SW SE [1]
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Danville
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3.4
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5.0
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4.0
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof is soapstone, and “comes down often up to 3 to 4 feet”. Sulfur balls up to 1.5inches in diameter are present at the top of the seam.
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
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Mine notes
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undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 [3]
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Secondary source
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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 (Marshall County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Marshall County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ This mine may be in E ½ SE SE, according to a sketched location shown on a Coal Section file topographic map. Another possible location, from the mine notes, is “near the center of the SE 1/4“
- ↑ Mines producing less than 1,000 tons not reported 1930-1933; operation and production unknown 1930-1933.
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
