Mine Index Number: 2050
| Company Name:
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Courter Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Courter Mine
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| Start Date:
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1963
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End Date:
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1963
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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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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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| Pit
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Crawford
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5N 12W
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1
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NW NE
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Geology
| Bristol Hill
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13-15
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1.5-3.0
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
A hard cap rock approximately 1 foot thick had to be blasted before stripping.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Courter Coal Company
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Courter
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1963-1963
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Unknown Production was not listed in the Coal Reports. ISGS field notes stated the pit was approximately 300 feet long and 50 feet wide.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS field notes (F. N. Murray)
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6-23-1967
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized. The location coincided with a strip mine drawn on the USGS topographic map.
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Crawford County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Crawford County) - Mine location, seam.
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| ISGS field notes (Crawford County) - Mine type, mine location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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