Mine Index Number: 2306
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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O. L. Ferguson
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| Mine Name:
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Ferguson Mine
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| Start Date:
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1935
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End Date:
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1939
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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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Less than 1
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main slope
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Greene
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12N 10W
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19
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NW SE NW
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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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5-21
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|
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2.4
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Underground
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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 (J. R. Van Pelt, Jr.)
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1941
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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 (Greene County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Greene County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS field notes (Greene County) - Mine location, depth, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1936 & 1937. According to 7-28-1927 field notes by J. R. Van Pelt, O. L. Ferguson was operating a mine in 1927 at SW SE NW 19-T12N-R10W. No production was reported for a Ferguson Mine from 1926 to 1929 in the Coal Reports.
