Mine Index Number: 5598
| Company Name:
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McFadyen & Fenno
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| Mine Name:
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Black Diamond Mine
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| Start Date:
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1922
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End Date:
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1924
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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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3
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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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17N 1E
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27
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NW SE SW
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Geology
| Rock Island
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33-40
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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
| ISGS field notes (H. E. Culver)
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1922-1924
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24,000 USGS topographic map from teh mine location description and digitized.
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Secondary source
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| Coal Section work map
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1930-1961
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1:48000
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1:48000
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, mine name, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Henry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ISGS field notes (Henry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, ownership.
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| Coal Section work map on USGS topographic base of Orion (15-minute) Quadrangle, north half, surveyed 1930 - Mine location, mine name, depth.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
