Mine Index Number: 0935
| Company Name:
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Western Mining, Inc.
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| Mine Name:
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Western Mine
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| Start Date:
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1974
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End Date:
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1975
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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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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Williamson
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10S 4E
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34
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NE SE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The coal contained bony lenses, especially near the top of the seam.
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 (John Nelson)
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8-24-1977
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1:2880
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1:24000
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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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, tipple / pit location, seam, geologic problems.
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| Department of Mines & Minerals, 7a-02-11, aerial photographic base with surface mines identified - Mine location, 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_02_11
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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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1969
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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 02 11
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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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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The name and county of this mine were reported in the 1975 Coal Report (p. 15), and that it opened in August (presumably 1974) and was idled in June, but no production was reported in 1974, 1975, or 1976 in the production tables of the Coal Reports. Production, if any, is not known.
