Mine Index Number: 3460
Company Name:
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J. G. Root
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Mine Name:
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Root No. 3 Mine
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Start Date:
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1937
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End Date:
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1942
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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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11
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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
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Shelby
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11N 3E
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13
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SW SW SW
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Geology
Shelbyville
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68
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1.8
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Underground
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 [1]
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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.
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Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Shelby County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation, seam.
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Mine notes (Shelby County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.