Mine Index Number: 3243
| Company Name:
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Mansill and Battersby
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| Mine Name:
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Narrow Gauge Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 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 [1]
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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 [2]
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Rock Island
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17N 1W
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25
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SW SW SE
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Geology
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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company [5]
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Undated
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1:1152
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1:1152
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Undated
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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 (Rock Island County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Company map, courtesy Robert E. Jones Public Library - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ he area is included with the outline for the Black Diamond Mine (mine index 4890). The boundaries between the mines could not be distinguished. The reported production indicates approximately 5 acres were mined.
- ↑ Connected underground to the Black Diamond Mine (mine index 4890)
- ↑ Production before July 1883 was recorded under the Black Diamond Mine (mine index 4890).
- ↑ Production before July 1883 was recorded under the Black Diamond Mine (mine index 4890).
- ↑ A copy of the mine map was present in the Robert Howard Public Library (Coal Valley) and was traced in 1999.
