Mine Index Number: 3323
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Evert Ward
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| Mine Name:
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Ward No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1934
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End Date:
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1939
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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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| Acres after map date:
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Less than 1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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Not Shown On Map. The area was later surface-mined by Walnut Grove Mine (mine index 840), so this mine is not shown on the accompanying map.
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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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Saline
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10S 6E
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16
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SW NW NW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Dekoven
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18
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|
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3.33-4.33
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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: 417
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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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| ISGS field notes (G. H. Cady)
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7-16-1925
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(text only)
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1:24000[2]
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 352764
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9-25-1942
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1:1200
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1:1241
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, slope location, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS field notes (Saline County) - Mine type, slope location, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 352764, reel 03140, frame 285 - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1937
- ↑ Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS quadrangle and digitized.
