Mine Index Number: 2939
| Company Name:
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Athens-Dawson Fuel Company
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| Mine Name:
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Athens No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1890
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End Date:
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June 1919
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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330
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| Acres after map date:
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178
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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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Menard
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17N 5W
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6
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NW SW NW
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| Escape shaft
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Menard
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17N 5W
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6
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NW SW NW
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Geology
| Springfield
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200
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|
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5.5-6.25
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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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| Total Production: 2,254,191
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352214
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2-4-1921
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1:2400
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1:4800
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Secondary source
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| State archive, MSHA_1310
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7-1907
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, thickness, depth, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Menard County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Menard County) - Thickness, depth.
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| Microfilm map, document 352214, reel 03138, frame 272, map of Union Fuel No. 4 Mine (mine index 0034) - Mine outline (northwest).
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| Company map, state archive, MSHA_1310 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Company Map: PB_360
Map Date: 2-16-1923
Coal Co.: Union Fuel Company
Mine Name: Union No. 4 Mine
Image Credit: Illinois Department of Natural Resources - Office of Mines and Minerals
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Not operated from 1910 to 1915, reopened in fiscal year 1915-1916
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Production after map date
