Mine Index Number: 3623
| Company Name:
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| Mine Name:
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Scratchback Mine
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| Start Date:
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Unknown
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End Date:
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Circa 1933
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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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14
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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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Williamson
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8S 1E
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32
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NE NW NE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The shaft collapsed and eight to ten sinkholes developed over this mine.
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
| ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-189
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8-11-1934
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1:63360
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1:63360
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine name, mine index, years of operation.
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| W.J. Nelson (ISGS), Catalog of Coal Mines in Williamson County, 2003 - Mine type, seam, geologic problems.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-189, work map for Federal Land Bank Report map - Shaft location, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Company
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| Map ID:
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4103.w52 i5.1-189
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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8/11/34
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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Willsn2.jpg
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/williamson/willsn2.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year were not listed in the Coal Reports from 1930 to 1933.
