Mine Index Number: 2737
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Oscar Kimes
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| Mine Name:
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Kimes Mine
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| Start Date:
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1920
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End Date:
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1935
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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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12
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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
|
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 shaft
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Livingston
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30N 3E
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3
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SW NE NE
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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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50
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|
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4.5
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Mine notes
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Undated
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1:62500
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1:24000 [2]
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Livingston County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Livingston County) - Shaft location, depth, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production less than 10,000 tons in 1922 and not reported; idle 1928; production less than 1,000 tons per year 1931-1933 and not reported
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
