Mine Index Number: 3183
| Company Name:
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Thomas A. Dobbins
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| Mine Name:
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Dobbins Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1875
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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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6
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| Acres after map date:
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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 There was no escape shaft. The 1884 Coal Report included a paragraph about most mines. The paragraph on the Dobbins Mine indicated that the mine would have to be shut down if several unsafe conditions were not remedied.
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Randolph
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5S 5W
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8
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NE NE NE
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| Air shaft
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Randolph
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5S 5W
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8
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NE NE NE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The mine apparently closed because of an unwillingness or lack of ability to put in necessary safety enhancements, including an escape shaft and a rope stronger than hemp for the hoisting shaft. The traveling ways were also too narrow.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Martin and Company
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Old AdamsThe shaft was labeled on the WPA map as the Old Adams Mine.
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pre1875-1879 Production and years of operation before 1878 are not known. The 1879 Coal Report indicated 5 acres were mined. The mine was included on the 1875 atlas on land owned by W. T. Wylie.
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2,163 Production and years of operation before 1878 are not known. The 1879 Coal Report indicated 5 acres were mined.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 353337
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12-1923
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1:2400
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1:4303
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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, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Randolph County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Randolph County) - Shaft location.
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| Microfilm map, document 353337, reel 03142, frames 317-320, map of Willis No. 7 Mine (mine index 300) - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| WPA map, T5S-R5W - Mine identification.
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| Atlas Map of Randolph County, 1875 - Years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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