Mine Index Number: 2285
| Company Name:
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Bennett Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Bennett No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1956
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End Date:
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December 1959
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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22 [1]
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| Acres after map date:
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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
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Tipple
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Gallatin
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10S 8E
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18
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NE SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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2
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|
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5.0
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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
| ISGS map library, 4102 a-7, sheet 1
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1981-1983
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Microfilm, document 351554
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9-7-1956
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1:1200
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1:1656
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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 (Gallatin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| ISGS map library, 4102 a-7, sheet 1, work map for Equality Quadrangle Geologic Map - Mine outline.
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| Microfilm map, document 351554, reel 03136, frame 322, map of Colbert Mine (mine index 659) - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production indicates approximately 5 acres were mined. This field notes indicate older surface mining was present in this area, and that a drift mine predated the surface mining. The area shown includes mining done by other operators.
