Mine Index Number: 4951
| Company Name:
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Taylor Williams
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| Mine Name:
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Williams Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1880
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End Date:
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1887
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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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45 acres were mined in addition to the 10 acres mined before production was reported.
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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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Henry
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18N 2E
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31
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NE SW SW
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Geology
| Rock Island
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100
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|
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4.0
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RP, HER
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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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| Taylor Williams
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Williams
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pre1880-1887 The 1882 Coal Report indicates that 10 acres were mined.
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161,933
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| Total Production: 161,933
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Atlas of Henry County
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1875
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1:31680
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1:20439
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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, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Henry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Atlas of Henry County, 1875, Warner & Beers, Chicago, 93p. - Shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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