Mine Index Number: 3471
| Company Name:
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O. K. Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Okaw Mine
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| Start Date:
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1922
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End Date:
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1936
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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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4
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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
|
| Mine
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Shelby
|
12N 4E
|
33
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NW NE SE
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Geology
| Shelbyville
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120
|
|
|
2.33
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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
|
Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| USGS 15-minute topographic map
|
1942
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1:62500
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1:62500
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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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| ISGS field notes (Shelby County) - Mine location, depth, thickness.
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| USGS 15-minute topographic map, Shelbyville Quadrangle, 1942 - Shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Ray Kingston was the mine manager.
- ↑ The production shown includes the production from Okaw No. 2 Mine (mine index 0721) from 1927 to 1934.
