Mine Index Number: 2431
Company Name:
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Henry L. Dial
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Mine Name:
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Black Hawk No. 2 Mine
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Start Date:
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1932
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End Date:
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1948
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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9
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Production Indicated Acres:
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22
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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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Main slope
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Henry
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17N 1E
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21
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SE NW NW
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Air shaft
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Henry
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17N 1E
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21
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SE NW NW
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Geology
Rock Island
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50-100
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4.16
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4.16
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was of two types, either a hard shale or a limestone up to 2 feet thick. The coal dipped to the south, about 15 feet in 1/4 mile. The floor was 4 feet of fire clay.
Production
Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Total Production: 100,389
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
USGS topographic map, Orion
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1932
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1:48000
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1:48000
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Secondary source
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USGS topographic map, Orion [4]
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12-1-1934
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1:600
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1:703
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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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Mine notes (Henry County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.
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ISGS field notes, C. G. Ball, undated (Henry County) - Mine name, location, geologic problems.
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Microfilm map, document 351525, reel 03136, frame 284 - Slope & shaft locations, mine type, mine outline, mining method.
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USGS 15-minute topographic map, Orion Quadrangle, 1932 - Slope location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ According to the field notes, the mine at this location was also known as the Wildcat Mine.
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ The microfilm map had no surface features to register the mine workings to the land surface. The USGS hadincluded the slope location, and put the mine name on the topographic map. The microfilm was then scaled correctlyand aligned with the slope location. Generally, the preferred method is to have two or more surface features to alignthe mine map for georegistration, no the use of a secondary source for alignment.