Mine Index Number: 2408
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Elmer A. Stone
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| Mine Name:
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Stone Mine
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| Start Date:
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1929
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End Date:
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1941
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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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9 to 14
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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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| Shaft
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Henry
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15N 5E
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11
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SE SW NE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
|
| Herrin
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70
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|
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4.5
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RP
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 33,504
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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 mined-out area map
|
1950
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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 (Henry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Henry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS mined-out area map - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ There is a question on whether a new mine was opened. The mine notes indicate the shaft was sunk in 1935 although production figures are available prior to 1935. The Coal Reports list two Kewanee Coal Company mines in 1935.
