Mine Index Number: 0685
| Company Name:
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Sixth Vein Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Morse Mine
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| Start Date:
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1928
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End Date:
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1939
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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1
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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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| Mine
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Knox
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9N 3E
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35 The mine’s location within the section is not known. By convention, a point was placed in the center of the section. However, the mine may have been later surface-mined by Middle Grove Mine (mine index 621), and may no longer exist.
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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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| J. L. Morse
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Morse
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1928-1932
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160 Idle 1929; production was not listed from 1930 to 1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Coal Section mine database
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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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 (Knox County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
