Mine Index Number: 0710
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Olen Humphries
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| Mine Name:
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Humphries Mine
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| Start Date:
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1955
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End Date:
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1955
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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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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| Pit
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Shelby
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10N 6E
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14
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NE NE NW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Shelbyville
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39
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2.0
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| ISGS field notes (M. E. Hopkins)
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3-2-1955
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(text only)
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1:24000 [2]
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Shelby County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Shelby County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, thickness, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS field notes (Shelby County) - Mine type, mine location, depth, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The ownership and years of operation are known through the mine notes. Humphries was not listed in the Coal Reports.
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
