Mine Index Number: 0708
| Company Name:
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Clifford Morgan Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Morgan Mine
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| Start Date:
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1951
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End Date:
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1965
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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2 The area shown on the accompanying map is larger than expected for the reported production. The area shown probably represents area that includes disturbed but un-mined land around the pit.
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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 3W
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22
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NE NE SW
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Geology
| Murphysboro
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6-10
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6.0
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
Some pyrite lenses up to 0.1 inches thick were reported. Calcite and pyrite were present on vertical fracture facings.
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
| USGS digital orthophoto quadrangle
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2005
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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, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| USGS digital orthophoto map, Ava Quadrangle, 2005 - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
