Mine Index Number: 4129
| Company Name:
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Unity Coal Company, Incorporated
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| Mine Name:
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Unity No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1936
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End Date:
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January 1951
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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46 [1]
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Most of the mine was later surface-mined by various later operators. Only a small segment of the mine outline is shown on the accompanying map.
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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 slope
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Williamson
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9S 4E
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30
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NE SE NW [2]
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| Air shaft
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Williamson
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9S 4E
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30
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NE SE NW [3]
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The source map shows a mining pattern in the eastern half of the mine that may indicate a fault trending northwest-southeast.
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: 207,344
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 353242
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12-9-1951
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1:1200
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1:1737
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Final
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| Microfilm, document 353121
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3-18-1939
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1:1200
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1:1324
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Not final
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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, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 353242, reel 03142, frame 183 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Microfilm map, document 353121, reel 03141, frame 349 - Slope and air shaft locations.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
![[[:Unity No. 1|Unity No. 1]]](https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/williamson/thumbnails/m4129b_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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353242
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| Company:
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Unity Coal Company, Incorporated
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| Mine Name:
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Unity No. 1
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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12-09-1951
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| Map Status:
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Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M4129b
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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://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/williamson/m4129b.zip
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![[[:Union|Union]]](https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/williamson/thumbnails/m4129_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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353121
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| Company:
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Union Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Union
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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03-18-1939
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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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M4129
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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://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/williamson/m4129.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ (Herrin Coal, 4 acres; Springfield Coal 42 acres)
- ↑ Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining.
- ↑ Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining.
