Mine Index Number: 5448
Company Name:
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William George
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Mine Name:
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George Mine
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Start Date:
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1874
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End Date:
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1885
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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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Less than 1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Not Shown On Map. Not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining..
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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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34N 7E
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35
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SW NW NE
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Geology
Colchester
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35-50
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2.0-3.0
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Underground
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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
Atlas of Grundy County
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1874
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1:31680
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1:31680
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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, mine type.
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Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Atlas of Grundy County, 1874 - Shaft location, land ownership.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1884
- ↑ Production and years of operation prior to July 1878 and from July 1879 to July of 1883 are unknown.