Mine Index Number: 0889
| Company Name:
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Lee Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Lee No. 1, Surface Mine
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| Start Date:
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1975
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End Date:
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November 1982
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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38
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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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| Tipple
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Vermilion
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19N 12W
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14
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NE NW NE
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Geology
| Herrin
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100-110
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6.0
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
The coal contained some pyrite lenses and several large (6-inch diameter) pyrite balls.
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: 431,341
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| USGS topographic map
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PR 1978
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| ISGS mine notes
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Undated
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1:625000
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1:625000
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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 (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| USGS topographic map, 1966, Photorevised 1978 - Mine outline.
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| Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, pit outline, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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