Mine Index Number: 0970
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Wenzel Brothers Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Wenzel Mine
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| Start Date:
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November 1964
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End Date:
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August 1965
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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53
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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4
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The area shown is too large for the reported production. Others mines may have operated in this area, both surface and underground, resulting in the larger outline.
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Tipple
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Williamson
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9S 2E
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11
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SW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Pits
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Williamson
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9S 2E
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11
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NE SW SE & NE SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Springfield
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25-30
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4.0
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
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
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Mine notes
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undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 [1]
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| ISGS surface mine updates
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1976
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Unknown [2]
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Tracing of air photo, ISGS Coal Section files - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: ISGS surface mine updates
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Coal Section files
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| Map ID:
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ISGS surface mine updates
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| Company:
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Wenzel Brothers Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Wenzel
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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1976
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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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M0970.tif
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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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https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/williamson/m0970.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
- ↑ Aerial photographs of surface mines were traced. The original photographs are no longer available.
