Mine Index Number: 0423
| Company Name:
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Cosgrove-Meehan Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Cosgrove-Meehan No. 3 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1920
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End Date:
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February 1933
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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623
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| Acres after map date:
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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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Williamson
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9S 4E
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6
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SE SE NE
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| Air shaft
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Williamson
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9S 4E
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6
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SE SE NE
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Geology
| Herrin
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240-250
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6.0-6.5
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RPP, HER[1]
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was light gray shale. The coal seam undulated, but no information was given on effects to the coal thickness. The top coal was bony and very hard. The coal contained some calcite and pyrite fracture filling.
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: 3,350,718
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State archive, IL_1524
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1-1-1930
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Not final [3]
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| Company, Coal Section files
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5-15-1987
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1:12000
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1:12000
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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 (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| State archive map, IL_1524 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Company map, Coal Section files, 6-429, map of Orient No. 4 Mine (index 0688) - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
![[[:Orient No. 4|Orient No. 4]]](https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/williamson/thumbnails/m0688a_th.jpg) These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Company
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| Map ID:
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6-429
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| Company:
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Freeman United Coal Mining Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Orient No. 4
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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05-15-1987
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| Map Status:
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Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M0688a
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/williamson/m0688a.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Pillars were pulled in various parts of the mine.
- ↑ Production after map date.
- ↑ The mined area shown on the accompanying map is the approximate size expected for the reported production. This suggest that the mine outline is complete.
![[[:Cosgrove-Meehan No. 3|Cosgrove-Meehan No. 3]]](https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/williamson/thumbnails/m0423_IL_1524_th.jpg)