Mine Index Number: 3237
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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T. S. Silvis
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| Mine Name:
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Silvis Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1881
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End Date:
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1901
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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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33
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main slope
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Rock Island
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17N 1E
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5
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NE NE NE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Rock Island
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15-80
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3.0-4.0
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RP
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 104,640
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Coal Section mine database
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 [2]
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Rock Island County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production and years of operation before 1881 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 12 acres were mined.
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
