Mine Index Number: 3445
| Company Name:
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William H. Bates
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| Mine Name:
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Winchester Mine
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| Start Date:
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Before 1881
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End Date:
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1908
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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235
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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
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Scott
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14N 12W
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21
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NW According to the 1885 Coal Report (p. 546-547), the Bates Mine was one mile north of Winchester on the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy RR; and the entries extended 1,800 feet. A general area of mining was added to the mine to depict the possible extent of the mine.
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Geology
| Colchester
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90-100
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2.0-2.5
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RPThe 1908 Coal Report listed the mining method as LW.
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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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| William H. Bates Also known as Winchester Coal Mining Company
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Winchester
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pre1881-1908
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376,547 Years of operation prior to 1881 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 16 acres were mined.
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| Total Production: 376,547
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Coal Report
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1885
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(text only)
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1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.
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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 location, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Scott County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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