Mine Index Number: 2393
Company Name:
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Frank Mogita
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Mine Name:
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Mogita Mine
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Start Date:
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1922
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End Date:
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1924
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Type of Mine:
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Surface
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Total acres shown:
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Less than 1 acre
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Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Not Shown On Map. Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining by Northwestern Coal Company’s Morris Mine (mine index 2391).
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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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Pit
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Grundy
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34N 7E
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35
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NW SW NW
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Geology
Colchester
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2.0-3.0
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
The strata immediately above the coal was sandstone.
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
Mine notes
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8-11-1924
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1:15840
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1:15840
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine outline, seam, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The information for this mine is solely from the ISGS mine notes. The 1923 production was reputedly approximately100 tons; the lowest reported production in Grundy County for 1923 was the Mitchell Brothers Mine with 586 tons.