Mine Index Number: 2908
| Company Name:
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Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
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| Mine Name:
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Dorsey Mine
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| Start Date:
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1881
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End Date:
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1887
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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20
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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52
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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32
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Production indicates this mine should be about 52 acres. A general area of mining has been added to show the approximate size of the mine.
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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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8N 7W
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13
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SE SE SE
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| Air shaft
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Macoupin
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8N 7W
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13
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SE SE 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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| Total Production: 354,129
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company, 4103.M34 i5-34
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undated
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Undated The mine outline appears to be incomplete.
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| 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.
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| Company map, ISGS map library 4103.M34 i5.1-34- Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
![[[:Dorsey|Dorsey]]](https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/macoupin/thumbnails/m2908_th.jpg) These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Company
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| Map ID:
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4103.m34 i5.1-34 sh. 1 & 2
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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Dorsey
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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Undated
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| Map Status:
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Undated
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M2908
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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/m2908.zip
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Photographs
