Mine Index Number: 3967
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Van Hoos Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Coal Belt Mine
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| Start Date:
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1919
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End Date:
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October 1924
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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7
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Tipple or pit
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Williamson
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8S 2E
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32
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SE SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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6.0-8.0
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Surface
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 78,819
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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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| State archive, IL_1435_01
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Undated
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1:12
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not digitized [2]
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Undated
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method, seam, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| State archive, IL_1435_01 - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: IL_1435_01
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Archive
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| Map ID:
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IL_1435_01
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| Company:
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Van Hoos Strip
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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Undated
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| Map Status:
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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Does not show workings
Not georegistered
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| More Info:
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M3967
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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/m3967 IL 1435 01.jpg
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1923
- ↑ The source map had nothing to georeference to the USGS topographic map. An uncertain location point symbol was put in SE SE 32-T8S-R2E, as text on the source map indicated.
