Mine Index Number: 0527
| Company Name:
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William T. Lamb and Son
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| Mine Name:
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Lamb and Son Mine
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| Start Date:
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1914
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End Date:
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1937
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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3
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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17 to 25
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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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| Slope
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Henry
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15N 5E
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16
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SE NW SW
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| Air shaft
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Henry
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15N 5E
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16
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SE NW SW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Numerous horsebacks and clay slips were noted, which made it expensive to mine. Large pyrite lenses (max. 3") were found throughout the coal vertically and laterally. In a very few places the coal thickened at a horseback.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| William T. Lamb and Son
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Lamb and Son
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1919-1923
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6,170 Individual mine production not reported for Henry County in 1922; production for Lamb and Son not reported in 1921. Production after map date
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351499
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6-16-1923
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1:600
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1:24000
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Not final
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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 (Henry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Henry County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 351499, reel 03136, frame 252 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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