Mine Index Number: 0747
| Company Name:
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V. W. Craig
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| Mine Name:
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Willis Mine
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| Start Date:
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1906
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End Date:
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1907
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None [1]
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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 drift
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Gallatin
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10S 9E
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30
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SE SW
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS Bulletin 47
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1925
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(text only)
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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, mine type, seam, depth, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Gallatin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ISGS field notes (Gallatin County) - Mine location, thickness.
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| ISGS Bulletin 47, Plate 3, Pg. 64 - Mine location, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production indicates less than 1 acre was mined.
- ↑ Several small mines were said to have existed in this vicinity, and were referred to as the Willis Mines (referring to the seam mined, which was named for the Willis property in this section). These mines were likely all small drifts.
