Mine Index 3770 Moorehouse Coal Company, Moorehouse Mine

Mine Index Number: 3770

Company Name:	Moorehouse Coal Company
Mine Name:	Moorehouse Mine
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Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. Not shown on accompanying map due tolater surface mining by Ayrshire Coal Company, Inc. (mine index 673).

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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Vermilion

19N 12W4

4

NE NW SE

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Danville

40

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Moorehouse Coal Company No production was recorded under this name; years of operation and production unknown (add)	Moorehouse (add)

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth.