Mine Index Number: 0944
| Company Name:
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E. and B. Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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E. and B. No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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March 1974
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End Date:
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July 1979
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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30 Production indicates approximately 30 acres were mined, but the boundary between this mine and the Energy Mine (mine index 882) and an unidentified pit (mine index 4714) cannot be determined.
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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 / pit
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Williamson
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9S 2E
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10
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N ½ NE
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Geology
| Springfield
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40-45
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3.83
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
Two large normal faults were reported in the western end of the pit, with the coal downthrown 12 to 14 feet to the west. More faults may be present. These are part of the White Ash Fault Zone.
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: 191,691
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Nelson, Catalog of Coal Mines
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2003
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(text only)
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1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.
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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, seam, depth, thickness.
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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, mine locations (conflicting), seam, geologic problems.
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| W.J. Nelson (ISGS), Catalog of Coal Mines in Williamson County - Geologic problems, location.
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