Mine Index Number: 3895
| Company Name:
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Reel and Wilkinson
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| Mine Name:
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Friendsville Mine
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| Start Date:
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End Date:
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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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3
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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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1N 13W
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13
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SW NW SW
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Geology
| Friendsville
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40-47
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2.0
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4.0
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3.0
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was generally shale, but in some places the roof was up to 3 feet of limestone. The coal dipped to the west, so that the entry west of the shaft filled with water while the eastern entries were dry.
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
| Mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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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, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS field notes (Wabash County) - Mine type, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
