Mine Index Number: 4027
| Company Name:
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McLaren Equipment Company
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| Mine Name:
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McLaren Mine
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| Start Date:
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1948
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End Date:
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October 1955
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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119
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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Approximately 3 acres were mined in the Herrin Coal and 8 acres were mined in the Springfield Coal.
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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This area was also shown on mine maps for Coal Stripping Company (mine index 3978) and Scottsboro Mine (mine index 4442), as well as connecting northward to a larger surface-mined area in the Johnston City Quadrangle that was mined by numerous operators.
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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 / pit
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Williamson
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9S 2E
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11
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NW SE SW
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Geology
| Herrin (1948-1949)
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25-35
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8.0
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Surface
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| Springfield (1950-1955)
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4.0-4.17
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 [2]
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Secondary source
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| ISGS sketch on topographic maps
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Undated
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1:62500
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1:62500
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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, 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, mine location, seam.
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| USGS topographic maps in Coal Section files - Tipple location, mine outline (sketched by Coal Section personnel).
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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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Topographic Map
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| Map ID:
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Coal section files
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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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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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1962 map from aerial photo 6-29-1938
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| More Info:
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M4027y
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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/m4027y.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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Topographic Map
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| Map ID:
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Coal section files
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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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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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Tipple location
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| More Info:
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M4027x
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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/m4027x.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1953 and 1954.
- ↑ The mine location was plotted onto a 1:24,000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
