Mine Index Number: 0642
| Company Name:
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Fred J. Wills Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Wills Mine
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| Start Date:
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1936
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End Date:
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1941
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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36
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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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| Pit / tipple
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Jackson
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7S 2W
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4
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SE NW NW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 288,815
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| USGS topographic map, Vergennes
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1968
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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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Jackson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Vergennes Quadrangle, 1968 - Mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
