Mine Index Number: 2391
| 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 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.
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| Acres after map date:
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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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| 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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| Pit
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Grundy
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34N 7E
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25, 27, 34, 35 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.
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Geology
| Colchester
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16-26
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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
| 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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| 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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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine type, mine location, seam.
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| Microfilm map, document 351476, reel 03136, frame 222 - Mine outline, mining method.
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| USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Morris Quadrangle, 1953 - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
