Mine Index Number: 2391
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Northwestern Coal Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Morris Mine
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| Start Date:
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1945
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End Date:
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May 1949
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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331 [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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Tipple / pit
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Grundy
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34N 7E
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35
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NE NW SW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Pit
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Grundy
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34N 7E
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25, 27, 34, 35 [2]
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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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16-26
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|
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2.17-2.5
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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
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 351476
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7-1-1949
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1:4800
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1:9269
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Final
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| USGS topographic map
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1953
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary Source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine type, mine location, seam.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 351476, reel 03136, frame 222 - Mine outline, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Morris Quadrangle, 1953 - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The reported production indicates approximately 140 acres were mined. Part of the discrepancy is accounted for by numerous other mines (both surface and underground) that also took coal from the areas encompassed within the outline of this mine.
- ↑ The NE quarter of section 35 was said to have been previously surface-mined in the 1920's by “Bugs” Moran, a Chicago racketeer, as mentioned in Grundy County, Illinois, Landmarks. No other source exists for the Moran mine, and it may lie within the outline shown for index 2391.
