Mine Index Number: 3770
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Moorehouse Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Moorehouse Mine
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| Start Date:
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Unknown
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End Date:
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Unknown
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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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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Not Shown On Map. Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining by Ayrshire Coal Company, Inc. (mine index 0673).
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main slope
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Vermilion
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19N 12W4
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4
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NW NW SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Danville
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40
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RP
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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
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| ISGS mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 [2]
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Company map, (6-8, 6-9, 6-9B2)
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4-27-1953
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1:6000
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1:6000
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth.
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| Bibliography
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| Company map, Coal Section files (6-8, 6-9, 6-9B2), map of Harmattan Mine (mine index 0673) - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: 6-8, 6-9, 6-9B2
 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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6-8, 6-9, 6-9B2
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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Harmattan
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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4-27-1953
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| Map Status:
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Not Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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Composite Map
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| More Info:
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M0673
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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://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/vermilion/m0673.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ No production was recorded under this name; years of operation and production unknown
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
