Mine Index Number: 3993
| Company Name:
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Forsyth-Carterville Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Forsyth-Carterville No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1934
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End Date:
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November 1945
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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86
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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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| Tipple
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Williamson
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9S 1E
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3
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SW SW NE
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Geology
| Herrin
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40-50
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7.5-9.0
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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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| Total Production: 1,203,515
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 353291
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4-20-1941
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1:3600
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1:5958
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Not final
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| USGS digital orothophoto quadrangle
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1999
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1:24000
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1:24000
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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, seam, depth, thickness.
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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, tipple location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 353291, reel 03142, frame 247 - Mine outline, mining method.
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| USGS digital orthophoto map, Herrin Quadrangle, 1999 - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
![[[:Forsyth-Carterville|Forsyth-Carterville]]](https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/williamson/thumbnails/m3993_th.jpg) These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Microfilm
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| Map ID:
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353291 3142 247, 24x
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| Company:
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Forsyth-Carterville Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Forsyth-Carterville
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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04/20/1941
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| Map Status:
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Not Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M3993.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/m3993.zip
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 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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| Map ID:
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USGS digital orthophoto
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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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1999
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| Map Status:
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M0955b.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/m0955b.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The 1937 production includes Jeffries Coal Company (mine index 3994) production, which Forsythe-Carterville Coal Company had bought that year.
