Mine Index Number: 2106
| Company Name:
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Joe Davis and Sons
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| Mine Name:
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Davis Mine
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| Start Date:
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1929
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End Date:
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1938
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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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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| Main shaft
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Fulton
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4N 2E
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34
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NE SE SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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54
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|
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4.0-6.0
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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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| Davis Brothers
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Davis
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1931-1933
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2,400 The 1933 production was less than 1,000 tons and was not reported.
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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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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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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 (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Mine Inspector's reports, courtesy of Joe Pelc, IDNR - Thickness, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
