Mine Index Number: 2696
| Company Name:
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Smith Brothers
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| Mine Name:
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Smith Mine
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| Start Date:
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1933
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End Date:
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1934
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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less than 1
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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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| Mine
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La Salle
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33N 4E
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10
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SE NW SE
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Geology
| Colchester
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89
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|
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2.2-2.5
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Underground
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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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| Sam Smith
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Smith
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1933-1933Field notes written in 1931 indicate the mine was active before reported production. Production was not reported for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year from 1930 to 1933.
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1,000
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS field notes (H. B. Wilman)
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1931
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1:62500
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1:24000The 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, mine type.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (La Salle County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (La Salle County) - Mine location.
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| ISGS field notes (La Salle County) - Mine location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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