Mine Index Number: 2417
| Company Name:
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Waterloo Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Waterloo Mine
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| Start Date:
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1913
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End Date:
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1931
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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5
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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7 to 10
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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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| Drift
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Henry
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15N 5E
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20
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SE NW NE
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| Air shaft
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Henry
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15N 5E
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20
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SE NW NE
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| Air / escape shaft
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Henry
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15N 5E
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20
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SE NW NE
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Geology
| Herrin
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10
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2.5
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4.5
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4.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
Horsebacks were common.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Waterloo Coal Company
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Waterloo
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1913-1921
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24,477 Production after map date; no production given for individual mines in Henry County in 1922. No production reported for this mine in 1920 and 1926.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351509
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6-16-1923
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1:1200
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1:24000
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Henry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.
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| Mine notes (Henry County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 351509, reel 03136, frame 257 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
