Mine Index Number: 0745
| Company Name:
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Vandell Mining and Coke Company
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| Mine Name:
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Vandell Mine
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| Start Date:
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1907
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End Date:
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1908
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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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| 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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| Main shaft
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Gallatin
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9S 8E
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24
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NE SE NE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The shaft was not completed to the coal because of a water-saturated sand at a depth of 50 feet.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Vandell Mining and Coke Company
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Vandell
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1907-1908
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None reported No production was listed in the Coal Reports for this name, and the field notes indicated the construction of the shaft was not completed. It is likely that there was no production for this mine.note
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| Total Production: None reported No production was listed in the Coal Reports for this name, and the field notes indicated the construction of the shaft was not completed. It is likely that there was no production for this mine.note
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS field notes (G. H. Cady)
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4-9-1938
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine name and general location were taken from the field notes and plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map, and this information identified a mine on Cady’s field notes map.
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Secondary source
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| ISGS map library, 4107 d5.1-209
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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)
| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Gallatin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, shaft location, geologic problems.
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| ISGS field notes (Gallatin County) - Shaft location.
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| ISGS map library, 4107 d5.1-209, map of G. H. Cady’s field notes - Shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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