Mine Index Number: 2436
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Quality Mining Company, Inc.
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| Mine Name:
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Quality Mine
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| Start Date:
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1933
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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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7
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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Approximately 14 acres were mined before the map date and approximately 3 acres were mined after the date of the source map.
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The general area of mining includes an area labeled on the source map, “This area all worked out”, but the extent of that worked out area was not delineated well, and is likely larger than shown on the accompanying map.
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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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| Main slope
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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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
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Rock Island
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40
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3.33
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RPB
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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: 51,832
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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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| Coal Section files, IL_2036_01
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9-10-1938
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1:480
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1:480
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Not final
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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, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Section files, IL_2036_01, digital map from the State Archive, courtesy Robert Gibson, DNR - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The 1953 USGS (7.5-minute) topographic map shows a mine labeled Bostze Mine. Bostze may have owned or operated Quality Mining Company, or he may have worked small mine nearby, or he may have come back to the Quality Mine after it closed and pulled pillars.
- ↑ Production after map date
