Mine Index Number: 2795
| Company Name:
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T. R. Harris
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| Mine Name:
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Harris Mine
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| Start Date:
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1891
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End Date:
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1919
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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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Between 2 and 3
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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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| Main shaft
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Madison
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6N 5W
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16
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NW SE SE
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Geology
| Herrin
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410-437
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4.0
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6.0
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4.5
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
The mine was abandoned twice (in 1892 and 1903) due to inability to extract the coal profitably. Details are lacking, the Coal Reports of those years merely indicated that the seam was faulty. The proximity of this mine to the Walshville channel may have been the cause of the difficulties operating at this location. Others re-opened the mine, but the mine was always closed or sold in a couple of years. The mine notes indicate small slips were common, especially where the roof limestone contained rolls.
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 mine notes
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April 1909
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(text only)
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1:24000 [5]
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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, depth, mining method, geologic problems.
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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, seam, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ No production was reported; the mine was abandoned shortly after beginning to hoist coal.
- ↑ Idle 1908
- ↑ Closed due to having no escapement shaft.
- ↑ Idle 1911 to 1917
- ↑ Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.
