Mine Index Number: 5428
| Company Name:
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Wood Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Wood Mine
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| Start Date:
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1894
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End Date:
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1913
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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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25
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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| This Mine is unlocated and does not appear on the map.
Not shown on the accompanying map because the location is not known.
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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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Grundy
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unknown
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The location of this mine is not known. The mine’s address was Morris, but mining occurred north and south of the town. This mine may be in the Morris Quadrangle.
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| New shaft (1898-1899)
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Grundy
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unknown
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The location of this mine is not known. The mine’s address was Morris, but mining occurred north and south of the town. This mine may be in the Morris Quadrangle.
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Geology
| Colchester
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48-73
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|
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2.33-3.0
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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 Wood This new shaft was 400 feet west of the previous abandoned shaft. It has been included in the same history since it probably accesses the same reserve block.
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Wood No. 5
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1898-1906
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25,842
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
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 (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
