Mine Index Number: 2986
| Company Name:
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Swan Young
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| Mine Name:
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Young Mine
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| Start Date:
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1932
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End Date:
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1935
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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5
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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Less than 1
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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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| Mine
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Mercer
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15N 1W
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35
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S ½ SE SE
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Geology
| Rock Island
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30
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Underground
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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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| Swan Young
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Young
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1932-1935
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467 Production from 1932 and 1933 is not known. Mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year were not listed in the Coal Reports.
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| Total Production: 467 Production from 1932 and 1933 is not known. Mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year were not listed in the Coal Reports.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS Mined Out Area Map, Area 6
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1950
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approx. 1:130000
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1:62500 The outline and shaft location drawn on the 1950 Mined Out Area map were designated as "Quade", after John C. Quade who made maps and reports in the mid-1930s for the Federal Land Bank of St. Louis. The scale of the maps included with the Federal Land Bank reports was generally approximately 1:130000, while the 1950 Mined Out Area maps were drawn at 1:62500.
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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 (Mercer County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Mercer County) - Mine location, seam, depth, years of operation.
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| ISGS 1950 Mined Out Area map, Area 6 - Mine location, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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