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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[1]
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New shaft (1898-1899)
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Grundy
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unknown
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[2]
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Geology
Colchester
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48-73
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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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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
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.