Mine Index Number: 0525
| Company Name:
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George Spring
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| Mine Name:
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Spring Mine
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| Start Date:
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1932
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End Date:
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1932
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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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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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Fulton
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3N 2E
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15
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Center NE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The top 4 inches of coal was sooty and soft and was left up to reinforce the roof.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| George Spring
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Spring
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1932-1932
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Unknown Mines producing less than 1,000 tons were not listed in the 1932 Coal Report.
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| Total Production: Unknown Mines producing less than 1,000 tons were not listed in the 1932 Coal Report.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Mine notes (L. C. McCabe)
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9-17-1932
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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, shaft location, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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