Mine Index Number: 4633
| Company Name:
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Bert Shepard
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| Mine Name:
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Shepard Mine
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| Start Date:
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Circa 1902
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End Date:
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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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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 shaft
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Wabash
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1N 12W
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6
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NW SE NE
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Geology
| Friendsville
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18
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NW SE NE
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was generally 1.5 feet of clod, but less than 100 feet northwest of the shaft, the roof was limestone. The coal dipped sharply to the west, and the steepness of the dip was the cause for abandoning the mine.
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
| ISGS field notes (J. M. Schopf)
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10-15-1942
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Wabash County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ISGS field notes (Wabash County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems, mine name, dates of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
