Mine Index Number: 4024
| Company Name:
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Joe Poteete
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| Mine Name:
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Poteete Mine
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| Start Date:
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Before 1932
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End Date:
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Unknown
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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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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Not Shown On Map. Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface-mining by the Energy Mine (mine index 882).
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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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| Slope
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Williamson
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9S 2E
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9
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SE SW NW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The coal was “rather dirty” and had considerable slack in it. The seam dipped to the north and west, more steeply to the west.
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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1:62500
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| ISGS field notes (E. T. Benson)
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8-10-1932
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1:62500
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| 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, mine location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS field notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ No company or individual of this name was listed in the Coal Reports. Production and years of operation are unknown, but the field notes imply the mine was active in 1932, when mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year were not reported.
