Mine Index Number: 0669
| Company Name:
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Cherokee Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Cherokee No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1948
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End Date:
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March 1951
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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17
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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10 The pit may have been mined by previous operators and expanded by Cherokee No. 2 Mine, orthe coal may have been much thinner than reported.
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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
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Vermilion
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17N 11W
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11
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SE NE SE
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352917
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3-30-1951
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1:4800
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1:5297
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Final
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| USGS topographic map
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1965
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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 (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 352917, reel 03134, frame 55 - Ownership, pit location, mining method.
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| USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Humrick Quadrangle, 1965 - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
