Mine Index 2385   Morris Coal Company,   Morris Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Grundy unlocated
County: Grundy
Quadrangle: Morris
County Coal Data: Grundy
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2385

Company Name: Morris Coal Company
Mine Name: Morris Mine
Start Date: 1899 End Date: 1907
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: None
Production Indicated Acres: 8 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft Grundy 33N 7E 5 SE SW

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Colchester 60 2.67-3.0 LW, RP&nbsp(old longwall) [1]

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Morris Carbon Coal Company Morris Carbon 1899-1904 [2] 10,899
Morris Coal Company Morris 1904-1907 8,417
Total Production: 19,316

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Sanborn Fire Insurance maps 3-1907 1:600 1:600 <ref>The point was hand plotted on a 1:24,00 USGS 7.5-minute topographic map and digitized. note

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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, thickness, mining method.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation, mining method.
Sanborn Map Company Fire Insurance Map - Mine location, depth.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. The annual Coal Reports consistently listed this mine as underground, although the method vacillated between longwall and room-and-pillar.
  2. Idle 1904