Mine Index Number: 0878
| Company Name:
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Allendale Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Allendale Mine
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| Start Date:
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1958
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End Date:
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1964
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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12
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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3
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
|
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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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Wabash
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1N 12W
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5
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center N ½ SW
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Geology
| Friendsville
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18
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|
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2.5-2.7
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
A 2 inch thick layer of clay nodules was present 6 inches above the bottom of the coal. In one area, the coal was replaced by inter-grown lenticular masses of brownish calcareous coal balls.
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
| Coal Section files (strip mine updates)
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1969-1971
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1:8088
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1:8088
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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 (Wabash County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ISGS field notes (Wabash County) - Mine type, pit location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Coal Section files, strip mine updates - Mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Field notes indicate the company may named after a person, Dale (Allen) Coal Company. The name shown aboveis how the mine was listed in the Coal Reports.
