Mine Index Number: 0888
| Company Name:
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Houston Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Houston No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1968
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End Date:
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January 1971
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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116 This area includes some portions included under Houston No. 1 (mine index 3261), and may include some un-mined areas (haulage, stockpile, etc.).
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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7
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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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9S 5E
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34
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NW NW NW
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Geology
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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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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| Department of Mines & Minerals
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Undated
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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, 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, mining method.
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| Department of Mines & Minerals, 7a-01-37, aerial photographic base with surface mines identified - Mine outline.
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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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Department of Mines & Minerals
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| Map ID:
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7a-01-37
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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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Undated
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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7A 01 37
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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://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/saline/7A 01 37.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Coal Reports indicate this mine closed January 1971, but no production was reported in 1971.
- ↑ Coal Reports indicate this mine closed January 1971, but no production was reported in 1971.
- ↑ Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS quadrangle and digitized.
