Mine Index Number: 0814
| Company Name:
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Forsyth-Carterville Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Forsyth-Carterville Mine
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| Start Date:
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1946
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End Date:
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August 1961
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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663
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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)
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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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| Tipple / pit Surface mining for this mine took place in Sections 30, 31 & 32 of T8S-R1E and Section 5 of T9S-R1E.
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Williamson
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9S 1E
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4
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NW NW SE
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| Tipple Surface mining for this mine took place in Sections 30, 31 & 32 of T8S-R1E and Section 5 of T9S-R1E.
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Williamson
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8S 1E
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31
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NW NW SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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40 (20-55)
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3.33 (3.17-3.5)
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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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| Total Production: 2,704,006
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| USGS digital orthophoto quadrangle
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1999
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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, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, tipple location, mining method, seam, depth, thickness.
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| USGS digital orthophoto map, Herrin Quadrangle, 1999 - Mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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| Map ID:
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USGS digital orthophoto
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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1999
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| Map Status:
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M0814.jpg
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/williamson/m0814.zip
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Photographs
