Mine Index Number: 2901
| Company Name:
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Naylor and McPherson
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| Mine Name:
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Naylor and McPherson Mine
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| Start Date:
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Unknown
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End Date:
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1879
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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A general area of mining is shown on the accompanying map. The extent of mining is not known.
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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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Macoupin
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7N 8W
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24
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NE NW NW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The Worthen report on economic geology indicates the coal was from 5.0 to 7.0 feet thick, but split by a shale parting, with the coal above the parting of better quality.
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 map library, 4103.M34 i5.1-27
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3-20-1934
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Macoupin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Macoupin County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Wanless, A. H., 1882, Economical Geology, Vol. III, Chapter XVII - Mine name, depth, geologic problems.
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| Wallace, L., 1926, Gillespie-Mt. Olive Folio, USGS Folio 220, 22p - Shaft location.
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| ISGS map library, 4013.M34 i5.1-27, work map for Federal Land Bank Report - Shaft location, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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ISGS map library
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| Map ID:
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4103.M34 i5.1-27
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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03-20-1934
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M2901
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/macoupin/m2901.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The mine notes indicate this mine was abandoned in 1879. The Coal Reports were published after 1882, and production and years of operation before that year are unknown.
- ↑ Production before 1882 is not known.
