Mine Index Number: 0988
| Company Name:
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Morris Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Morris No. 7 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1947
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End Date:
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September 1977
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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254
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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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| Main slope
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Williamson
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9S 4E
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17
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SW SW NW
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| Air shaft
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Williamson
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9S 4E
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17
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NW SW NW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The source map shows bad top in the western half of 17-T9S-R4E. Water was also noted at the northern end of the mine. The roof was 2.5 feet of black shale. The coal dipped to the north and east, too steeply for a mule to pull.
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: 701,385
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State archive, MSHA_471_01
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9-12-1979
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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| State archive, MSHA_470_01
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1-2-1979
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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| Microfilm, document 353290
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7-28-1969
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1:2400
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1:4966
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Final [3]
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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 (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation
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| Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, geologic problems
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| State archive map, MSHA_471_01 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline (western), mining method.
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| State archive map, MSHA_470_01 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline (eastern), mining method.
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| Microfilm map, document 353290, reel 03142, frame 246 - Geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
![[[:Parton No. 2|Parton No. 2]]](https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/williamson/thumbnails/m0988_th.jpg) These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Microfilm
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| Map ID:
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353290 3142 246
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| Company:
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Parton Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Parton No. 2
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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07-28-1969
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| Map Status:
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Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M0988
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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/m0988.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1969
- ↑ Buddy Morris attempted to re-open Parton No. 2 Mine, but difficulties with blasting in the nearby pits of Amax Delta mine (mine index 0702) resulted in a court case attempting to stop Delta personnel from blasting while the underground miners were at work. This underground mine was closed in early 1980 and bought by Amax Coal Company to surface mine the Herrin Coal above this mine. Morris still owned the Springfield Coal, but the mining of the coal was unlikely due to the fracturing of the roof from the surface mine explosives.
- ↑ This map is final for the workings shown when this mine closed in 1969. When this mine reopened in 1978, it did not mine further in the areas shown on this map.
![[[:Morris No. 7|Morris No. 7]]](https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/williamson/thumbnails/m0988_msha_471_01_th.jpg)
![[[:Morris No. 7|Morris No. 7]]](https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/williamson/thumbnails/m0988_msha_470_01_th.jpg)