Mine Index Number: 0364
| Company Name:
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Bartol Bavar
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| Mine Name:
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Bavar Mine
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| Start Date:
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1928
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End Date:
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1929
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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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Less than 1
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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 drift
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Marshall
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12N 9E
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14
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NW SE SW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The top of the seam is bone coal with sulfur balls. Clay streaks and horsebacks are also present in the mine. The visible ash in samples collected was 7 to 9%.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Bartol Bavar
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Bavar
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1928-1929
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1,873 Mines producing less than 1,000 tons not reported 1930-1933; operation and production unknown 1930-1933.
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| Total Production: 1,873 Mines producing less than 1,000 tons not reported 1930-1933; operation and production unknown 1930-1933.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Mine notes
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undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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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 (Marshall County) - Mine names, mine index, seam, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Marshall County) - Mine type, drift location, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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