Mine Index Number: 0625
| Company Name:
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Morris Coal and Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Morocco Mine
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| Start Date:
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1932
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End Date:
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June 1954
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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422 Production indicates approximately 260 acres were mined. Part of the discrepancy is accounted for by numerous other mines (both surface and underground) that also took coal from the area encompassed by the outline of this mine.
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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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| Tipple / pit
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Grundy
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34N 7E
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34
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NW NW SW
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| Pits
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Grundy
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34N 7E
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25, 26, 33, 34, 35
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Geology
| Colchester
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15-22
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2.33-2.67
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
The coal contained fusain partings and pyrite lenses.
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
| Company, 4103.G72 i5.1-6
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12-31-1942
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1:31680
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1:31680
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Not final
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| USGS topographic map, Lisbon Quadrangle
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1953
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1:24000
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1:24000
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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, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.G72 i5.1-6 - Mine outline, mining method.
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| USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Lisbon Quadrangle, 1953 - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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