Mine Index Number: 4893
| Company Name:
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Ed Wells and Son
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| Mine Name:
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Wells Mine
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| Start Date:
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1920
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End Date:
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1921
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| Type of Mine:
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under
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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 1
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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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| Slope
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Rock Island
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18N 1E
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16
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SE NE NE The field notes show two locations for Wells Mine. The production may have come from both locations, or Wells may have had another mine (perhaps in 1922, when production was not reported for mines producing less than 10,00 tons).
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| Slope
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Rock Island
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18N 1E
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16
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NW NE SE The field notes show two locations for Wells Mine. The production may have come from both locations, or Wells may have had another mine (perhaps in 1922, when production was not reported for mines producing less than 10,00 tons).
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Geology
| Rock Island
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3.0-4.83
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
The mine was posted with a “Keep out. Damps.” warning sign in 1922, which would indicate gas may have been a problem.
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 (H. E. Culver)
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6-3-1922
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1:5280
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1:5280
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Secondary source
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| ISGS field notes (H. E. Culver)
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6-3-1922
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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)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Rock Island County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ISGS field notes (Rock Island County) - Mine type, slope locations, seam, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
