Mine Index Number: 0849
| Company Name:
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M. and L. Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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M. and L. Mine
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| Start Date:
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1948
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End Date:
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February 1958
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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 slope [2]
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Gallatin
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10S 9E
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22
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SW SW SW
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Geology
| Springfield
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38
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4.67-5.0
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
Numerous concretions were encountered and caused such difficulty that they contributed to the abandonment of the mine.
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
| 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.
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| 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, slope and air shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| USGS topographic map, Shawneetown Quadrangle, 1959, photorevised 1990 - Slope location.
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| Field Notes, Geology of Shawneetown and Vicinity, pages 122-123 - Mine location, ownership.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production indicates approximately 5 acres were mined.
- ↑ The Coal Section mine notes indicate the air shaft was located halfway up the hill.
- ↑ Idle 1949-1955
- ↑ Operated by Lawrence Boutwell
