Mine Index Number: 0840
| Company Name:
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Young’s Coal Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Walnut Grove Mine
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| Start Date:
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1956
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End Date:
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June 1965
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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593
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| Acres after map date:
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120
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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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| Tipple / pit
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Saline
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10S 6E
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9
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SW SE SW
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Geology
| Dekoven
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30-60
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3.83-4.0
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Surface
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| Davis
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90-115
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2.83-3.0
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
Faults were observed in the pits. The coal reputedly had high ash and moisture content.
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: 5,509,674
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company, 1-29-8
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8-1-1963
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1:74541
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1:74541
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Not final
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| USGS topographic map
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PR 1990
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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 (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, geologic problems.
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| ISGS field notes (Saline County) - Sketch map of mine outline, seam, geologic problems.
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| Company map, ISGS Coal Section files, 1-29-8 - Mine location.
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| USGS topographic map, Harrisburg Quadrangle, 1961, photorevised 1990 - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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