Mine Index Number: 2909
| Company Name:
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Medora Coal and Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Medora Mine
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| Start Date:
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1882
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End Date:
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1885
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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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6
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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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Macoupin
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8N 9W
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6
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SE NE NW
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| Air shaft
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Macoupin
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8N 9W
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6
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NE SE NW
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Geology
| Uncertain Some controversy regarding the seam mined took place in the 1950s, with some contending that the Colchester Coal was mined while others thought the Wiley Coal was mined.
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280-325
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2.8-3.0
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LW
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Geological Problems Reported
The mine was greatly troubled with methane gas. The coal dipped to the east about 1 foot down for every 10 horizontal feet to the east, and the methane would collect along the west side of the workings.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Medora Coal and Mining Company The mine was operated by George Garrett.
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Medora
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1882-1885
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14,940 Production was not reported for the fiscal year 1882-1883, but the mine was listed in the Coal Reports. It is likely that the shaft was under construction.
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| Total Production: 14,940 Production was not reported for the fiscal year 1882-1883, but the mine was listed in the Coal Reports. It is likely that the shaft was under construction.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Mine notes
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8-1959
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(text only)
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| ISGS map library, R4102 i5.1-34
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6-1-1942
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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| Federal Land Bank Report
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4-1934
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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, depth, thickness, mining method, geological problems.
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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, hoist shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, ownership.
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| ISGS map library, R4102 i5.1-34, work map for Circular 311 - Air shaft location.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Macoupin County) - General area of mining.
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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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R4102 i5.1-34
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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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6-1-1942
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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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M2909a
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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/m2909a.zip
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Photographs
