Mine Index Number: 0976
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Oxford Construction Company
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| Mine Name:
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M. F. Oxford No. 4 Mine
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| Start Date:
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June 1977
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End Date:
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February 1979
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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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Less than 3
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Tipple / pit
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Williamson
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9S 2E
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3
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NE NW NE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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35
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8.0 [1]
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
This surface mine targeted pillars of an abandoned underground mine. The roof had consisted of light gray, soft, poorly bedded shale. Some lenses of this material protruded down into the coal and along the margins of where the coal was split.
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 [2]
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.
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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, mine location, seam, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Because mining consisted mostly of taking pillars of abandoned underground workings, W. J. Nelson estimated that this was the equivalent of mining a 32-inch seam.
- ↑ Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.
