Mine Index Number: 0625
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| 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 [1]
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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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
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| 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
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| 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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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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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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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Bibliography
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.G72 i5.1-6 - Mine outline, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Lisbon Quadrangle, 1953 - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ 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.
