Mine Index Number: 3562
| Company Name:
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Orchard Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Orchard Mine
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| Start Date:
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1936
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End Date:
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1937
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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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1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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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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St. Clair
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1S 7W
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7
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SE SE NW
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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
| Mined-Out Area 27
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1950
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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, seam, thickness, depth.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS compilation map, Mined-Out Area 27 - Shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
ISGS mined-out area map: Area 27
Map Date: 1950
Coal Co.: Orchard
Mine Name: Orchard Mine
Photographs
