Mine Index Number: 0964
| Company Name:
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Dwight D. Thomas
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| Mine Name:
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Thomas No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1976
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End Date:
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November 1978
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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9
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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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10S 4E
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1
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NE NE SW
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Geology
| Houchin Creek
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22.5
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2.7
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1.5-2.1
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
The coal contained a band of pyritic carbonaceous shale 0.1 feet thick, 0.4 feet above the base of the coal.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Fred Cooley
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Thomas
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1979-1979
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not reported Reported (1979 Coal Report, p. 15) idle in December 1979, but 1979 production (if any) not reported.
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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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1:5280
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1:5280
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Secondary source
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| Coal Section files
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1976
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1:8160
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1:8160
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Secondary source
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| Coal Section files, 7a-02-12
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1980
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1:8123
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1:8123
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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, mine outline (north pit), seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Coal Section files, strip mine updates - Mine outline (south pit).
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| Coal Section files, 7a-02-12, DMM surface mine updates on 1960 aerial photo base map - Mine outline
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
