Mine Index Number: 0913
| Company Name:
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Mt. Zion Mining Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Mt. Zion Mine
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| Start Date:
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1969
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End Date:
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November 1970
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| Type of Mine:
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23
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| Total acres shown:
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Less than 2 The area shown on the accompanying map includes the area for Rock Mine (mine index 984) and another mine whose production is not known (mine index 4186). The area shown may include land that was disturbed but not mined.
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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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| Pit
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Pope
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13S 5E
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12
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NW SE SW
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Geology
| Un-named coal The coal mined was an un-named seam in the Abbott Formation.
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20-40
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3.25
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
The coal seam contained slips at several places along the face. A few near-vertical fractures were filled with up to 0.25 inches of pyrite and carbonaceous material. Pyrite was also present along bedding planes.
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
| ISGS map library, 4103.P6 i5.1-1
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6-30-1978
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1:4800
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1:4800
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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, mine type, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Pope County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Pope County) - Mine location, mine type, geologic problems.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.P6 i5.1-1, map of Martin Mine (mine index 984) - Mine location, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
