Mine Index Number: 2081
| Company Name:
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Wilson Brothers
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| Mine Name:
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Wilson Mine
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| Start Date:
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1899
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End Date:
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1916
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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4 Production indicates approximately 1 acre was mined in the Springfield Coal and 3 acres in the Colchester Coal.
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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45
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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 drift
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Fulton
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3N 1E
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23
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SW NE NW
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Geology
| Springfield
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22-40
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4.0-6.0
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RP
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| Colchester
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60-80
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2.5-2.67
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RP
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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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| Total Production: 9,927 The production is composed of 4,251 tons from the Springfield Coal and 5,676 tons from Colchester Coal.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Mine notes
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Undated
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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| Federal Land Bank Report
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4-20-1933
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1:124800
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1:124800
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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, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, drift location.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Fulton County) - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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