Mine Index Number: 0984
| Company Name:
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Bill V. Martin Mining Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Rock Mine
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| Start Date:
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1978
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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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20 Production indicates approximately 1 acre was mined, followed by approximately 2 acres mined after the map date. The area shown on the accompanying map includes the Mt. Zion Mine (mine index 913) and another mine whose ownership and production are not known (mine index 4186). The area shown may include land that was disturbed but not mined.
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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2
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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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Geology
| Un-named The coal mined was an un-named seam in the Abbott Formation.
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12-35
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2.5
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
In some places, rock bands split the seam. The rock bands consisted of shale with sandstone partings or shale bands with fine clay lenses. The coal was very thinly laminated, with numerous thin discontinuous clay lenses and bands. A visual estimate indicated that the entire 2 to 4 ft coal bed was composed of up to 50% rock and clay, and the minable portion was up to 50% ash. Pyrite was locally abundant on cleat and fracture surfaces, although overall pyrite content was low, with a sample analysis of 0.42% total sulfur on an “as received” basis, one of the lowest values reported for an Illinois coal. However, with so much visible pyrite, the analysis was probably misleading.
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
| IDNR, SURRGO soil map
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Undated
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Secondary source
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| ISGS map library, 4103.P6 i5.1-1
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6-30-1978
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1:4800
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1:4800
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Pope County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Pope County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, geologic problems.
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| Illinois Department of Natural Resources, SURRGO soil map, provided by Dean Spindler - Mine outline.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.P6 i5.1-1, permit map of the Rock Mine - Mine location, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
