Mine Index Number: 2046
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Max Davidson and Sons
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| Mine Name:
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Davidson Mine
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| Start Date:
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1918
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End Date:
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1921
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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 1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
|
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
|
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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| Pit
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Grundy
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34N 7E
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35
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NE NE SW [1]
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Colchester
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3.0
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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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| ISGS field notes (Leighton and Culver)
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6-2-1920
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Grundy County) - Thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS field notes (Grundy County) - Mine location, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ No evidence for a surface mine at this location is shown on the topographic maps. The location was described in field notes as “halfway between the road and the railroad tracks”. The mine may be east or west of the location shown on the accompanying map.
