Mine Index Number: 2435
| Company Name:
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F. C. Morgan Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Quality Mine
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| Start Date:
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1941
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End Date:
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1942
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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2
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
|
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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
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Henry
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17N 2E
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21
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NW SW SE
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Geology
| Rock Island
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20
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|
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3.0
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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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| F. C. Morgan Coal Company
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QualityIt is likely that Morgan used the loading facilities of Quality Mine (mine index 2436), an underground mine that operated 1933 to 1941. Whether Morgan’s surface mine was known as the Quality Mine when it operated is not known.
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1941-1942
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11,169
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| Total Production: 11,169
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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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.
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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, tipple and pit location, seam, depth, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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