Mine Index Number: 4655
| Company Name:
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William Batson
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| Mine Name:
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Bluff Mine
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| Start Date:
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Circa 1896
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End Date:
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1906
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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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| Production Indicated Acres:
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Less than 2 However, production from 1896 to 1899 and 1904 to 1906 is not known.
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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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2S 13W
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29
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NW SW SE
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Geology
| Friendsville
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35-45
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3.75-4.0
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RP
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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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| William Batson
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Bluff
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circa 1896-1906
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4,158 The Coal Reports only listed Wabash County from 1900 to 1903 and not again until 1918. Production is higher than shown.
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| Total Production: 4,158 The Coal Reports only listed Wabash County from 1900 to 1903 and not again until 1918. Production is higher than shown.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4107 d5-77
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10-1942
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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, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| 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, years of operation.
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| ISGS map library, 4107 d5-77, work map of J. M. Schopf - Shaft location.
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Mine Notes
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