Mine Index Number: 4705
| Company Name:
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Howell and McCreary
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| Mine Name:
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Clifton Mine
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| Start Date:
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1880
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End Date:
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1892
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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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70
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Not Shown On Map. The area was later surface-mined by Sahara No. 6 Mine (mine index 638), and this mine is not 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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Saline
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9S 6E
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30
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SE
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| Escapement shaft
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Saline
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9S 6E
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30
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SE
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Geology
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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| Clifton Coal Company
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Clifton
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1880-1881
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unknownAccording to Mary Norman Lindsay in Coal Mines in Saline County, W. H. Howell, John Davenport, William Alsop and E. O. Roberts organized Clifton Coal Company and opened the mine in 1880. The slope was ½ mile northwest of the Ledford Slope (mine index 4708). Production prior to July 1882 is unknown.
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| Total Production: 301,293
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Coal Mines in Saline County
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1947
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(text only)
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1:24000The 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)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, escape shaft completion, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Lindsay, Mary Norman, 1947, Coal Mines in Saline County, in Saline County, A Century of History - Slope and shaft locations (general).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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