Mine Index Number: 0818
Company Name:
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Binkley and Miles
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Mine Name:
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Binkley and Miles Mine
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Start Date:
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1909
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End Date:
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1914
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Type of Mine:
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Surface
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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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Pit
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Williamson
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9S 3E
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6
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SE SE SW
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Geology
Herrin
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8-20
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8.0-9.5
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
The overburden was surficial materials: sticky yellow clay and a blue or black shale. Many slips were present in the coal seam, which broke easily into large blocks. The coal also contained some thin stringers of pyrite.
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
Mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 [3]
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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 (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ This mine is part of a larger area of surface mining. Production indicates approximately 4 acres were mined.
- ↑ Idle 1911 & 1912
- ↑ Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.