Mine Index Number: 2863
Company Name:
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Elmer Lopeman
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Mine Name:
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Lopeman Mine
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Start Date:
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1911
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End Date:
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1944
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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6
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Acres after map date:
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Less than 1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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An area designated “old works” on the source map is shown as a general area of mining on the map that accompanies this directory. There may be additional drift entries into the old works that are not 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 slope
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Marshall
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13N 9E
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35
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SE SE SE
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Air shaft
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Marshall
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13N 9E
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35
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SE SE SE
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Geology
Danville
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14-30
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3.7 (3.5-5.0)
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MRP
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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
Microfilm, document 352312
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9-5-1942
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Not final
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ISGS field notes (H. B. Willman)
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10-29-1931
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(text only)
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1:24000 [3]
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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 (Marshall County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.
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Mine notes (Marshall County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.
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ISGS field notes (Marshall County) - Mine type, slope location, depth, thickness, years of operation.
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Microfilm map, document 352312, reel 03138, frame 387 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production not reported 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons. Idle 1928 & 1929. Production notreported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year (the mine was active when visited in 1931).
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.