Mine Index Number: 3894
| Company Name:
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Charles Wirth
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| Mine Name:
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Wirth Mine
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| Start Date:
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1922
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End Date:
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1935
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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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5
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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
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| Main shaft
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Wabash
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1S 13W
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23
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W ½ SW NE
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Geology
| Friendsville
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30-40
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2.0
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4.0
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3.5
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was composed of nodular limestone. Rolls were numerous and contained up to 1.5 feet of black jack. Outside the rolls, the black jack was about 4 inches thick.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Charles Wirth
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Wirth
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1922-1935 Idle or produced less than 1,000 tons per year from 1930 to 1933.
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14,253
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| Total Production: 14,253
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4103.W31 i5.1-4
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1927
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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 (Wabash County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Wabash County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS field notes (Wabash County) - Mine location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.W31 i5.1-4, field map of L. G. Henbest - Shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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