Mine Index Number: 3903
| Company Name:
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John Forcum
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| Mine Name:
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Forcum Mine
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| Start Date:
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1938
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End Date:
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1943
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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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4
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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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Shelby
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10N 4E
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33
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SW NE NE
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Geology
| Shelbyville
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35
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|
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1.83
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
The field notes indicate a subsidence event (“caved”) 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 field notes (F. E. Williams)
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8-1949
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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 (Shelby County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation, seam.
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| Mine notes (Shelby County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS field notes (Shelby County) - Shaft location, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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