Mine Index Number: 0524
| Company Name:
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George W. Deary
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| Mine Name:
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Deary Mine
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| Start Date:
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1933
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End Date:
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1934
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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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| Acres after map date:
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Less than 1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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Not Shown On Map. The Deary Mine is not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining by the Sunspot Mine (mine index 865).
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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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Fulton
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4N 2E
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34
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SE SE SW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The immediate roof was 7 feet of carbonaceous shale with large (8 feet long by 5 feet thick) clay-ironstone concretions. Above the shale was 6 inches of fossiliferous limestone, with light gray sandy shale above the limestone. The coal contained a ½ inch pyrite band that was generally persistent throughout the mine.
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
| Mine notes
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Undated
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1:62500
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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 (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, drift location, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.
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| ISGS Field notes (Fulton County) - Geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
