Mine Index Number: 0724
| Company Name:
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A. and P. Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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A. and P. Mine
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| Start Date:
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1927
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End Date:
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1935
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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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| Production Indicated Acres:
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3
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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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Wabash
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1S 13W
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23
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SW SE SE
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Geology
| Friendsville
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31-36
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2.0
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4.5
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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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| A. and P. Coal Company
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A. and P.The mine was on the P. J. Kolb Farm, and has sometimes been referred to as the Kolb Mine. The A. and P. Coal Company was operated by Charles P. Thompson of Bicknell, Indiana, and one field note refers to the Thompson Mine.
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1927-1935 Production was not reported in 1931. The Coal Reports did not list mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year from 1930 to 1933.
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11,306
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| Total Production: 11,306
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4103.W31 i5.1-4
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1927
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1:62500
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1:62500
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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 (Wabash County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Wabash County) - Mine type, pit location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS field notes (Wabash County) - Mine location, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.W31 i5.1-4, field map of L. G. Henbest - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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