Mine Index Number: 2491
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Fabco, Incorporated
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| Mine Name:
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Fabco Mine
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| Start Date:
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1964
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End Date:
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October 1965
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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30
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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12
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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No company source map was found; the area shown on the accompanying map likely includes an area of disturbed land or Fabco may have enlarged a previously mined area.
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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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| Pit / tipple
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Jackson
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8S 2W
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1
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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53-70
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3.5-3.67
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Fabco, Inc.
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Fabco
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1964-1965
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71,493
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| Total Production: 71,493
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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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| USGS topographic map
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1968 PR 1978
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| LiDAR
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2021
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Jackson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Jackson County) - Seam.
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| Bibliography
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| USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Murphysboro, 1968 Photorevised 1978 - Mine outline.
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| Bibliography
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| LiDAR Digital Terrain Model, Jackson County - Indications of mining (west side of mine).
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| Bibliography
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| Department of Mines & Minerals, 7a-01-06, aerial photographic base with surface mines identified - Mine identification.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: 7a-01-06
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Department of Mines & Minerals
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| Map ID:
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7a-01-06
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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Undates
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M2491 7a-01-06
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/jackson/m2491 7a-01-06.zip
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Photographs
Notes
