Mine Index Number: 2779
| Company Name:
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William Backs
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| Mine Name:
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Backs Mine
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| Start Date:
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1902
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End Date:
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1920
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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 2
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Formerly known as F. C. Bach (from the ISGS mine notes), but no production was recorded under this name in the annual Coal Reports. The ISGS field notes identify this mine as W. F. Backs.
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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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| Main shaft
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Madison
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5N 7W
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5
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SW SW SE
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Geology
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
| ISGS field notes (T. B. Root)
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6-1922
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(text only)
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1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.
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Secondary source
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| Standard Atlas of Madison County
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1906
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1:31680
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1:31680
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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, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Madison County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Madison County) - Shaft location, thickness.
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| ISGS field notes (Madison County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Standard Atlas of Madison County, Illinois, 1906, compiled & published by George A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, Illinois - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
