Mine Index Number: 0663
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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F. C. Morgan Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Old Vermilion Mine
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| Start Date:
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1935
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End Date:
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May 1943
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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138
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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
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Vermilion
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19N 12W
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16
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NW NW NW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Pits
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Vermilion
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19N 12W
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16
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NE and SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Danville
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8-16
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1.0 [1]
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5.0-6.0
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Surface
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 1,211,033
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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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| Microfilm, document 352928
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6-22-1943
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1:1200
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1:2317
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Final
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| USGS topographic map
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PR 1978
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-9
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8-30-1939
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1:4800
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1:4724
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Not final
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 352928, reel 03141, frames 67-68 - Tipple location, mine outline, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| USGS topographic map, 1966, Photorevised 1978 - Mine outline (west part of west pit).
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-9 - Tipple location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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Company:
4103.V4 i5.1-9Map Date: 8-30-1939
Coal Co.: F. C. Morgan Coal Company
Mine Name: Old Vermilion Mine
Full Res Download
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Microfilm:
352928Map Date: 6-22-1943
Coal Co.: F. C. Morgan Coal Company
Mine Name: Old Vermilion Mine
Full Res Download
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Thin coal was the result of Quaternary erosion by the Salt Fork River.
