Mine Index Number: 5493
| Company Name:
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Midwest Brick Company
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| Mine Name:
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Midwest Brick Mine
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| Start Date:
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1930
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End Date:
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1937
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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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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| Pit
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La Salle
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32N 2E
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9
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NE SW SW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
This clay and coal pit used only the clay under their coal. The clay was in two benches separated by a sandy calcareous hard horizon, making 12 to 15 feet of clay.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Midwest Brick Company
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Midwest Brick
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1930-1937Idle 1934. According to the field notes, the mine was operating in 1930, when mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year were not reported. Production was also not reported for 1931 and 1933, presumably because less than 1,000 tons per year were mined.
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4,412
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Mine notes
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Undated
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1:62500
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1:24000The 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, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (La Salle County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (La Salle County) - Mine location.
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| ISGS field notes (La Salle County), H. B. Willman, 7-3-1930 - Years of operation, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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