Mine Index Number: 3966
| Company Name:
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Herrin Fuel Company
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| Mine Name:
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Herrin Fuel No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1901
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End Date:
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1911
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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130
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| Acres after map date:
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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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Williamson
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8S 2E
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30
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NW NW NW
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Geology
| Herrin
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161-166
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8.0-9.0
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RPB
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Geological Problems Reported
Some sulfur was present as thin streaks. The underclay was ten inches to three feet thick.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 964,675
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4102 i5.1-50, sheet 8
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9-2-1931
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1:15840
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1:15840
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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 (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| ISGS map library, 4102 i5.1-50, map of Franklin County Coal Co. ‘Faults in the No. 6 Seam’ - Shaft location, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
 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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4102 i5.1-50 sheet 8
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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9/2/1931
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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This map is part of a much larger map, only portions showing 3966 where scanned for this image name.
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| More Info:
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M3966.jpg
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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://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/williamson/m3966.zip
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Photographs
Notes
