Mine Index Number: 2837
| Company Name:
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Everett Goacher Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Goacher Mine
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| Start Date:
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1934
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End Date:
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1941
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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16
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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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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 10W
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24
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NW NW NE
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Geology
| Colchester
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45
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2.0
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3.0
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2.5
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Geological Problems Reported
The black shale roof contains concretions.
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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undated
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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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| Federal Land Bank Report
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6-1934
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1:126720
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1:126720
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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.
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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) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Madison County) - General area of mining.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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