Mine Index Number: 5614
| Company Name:
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Hintz Brothers
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| Mine Name:
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Hintz Mine
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| Start Date:
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1903
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End Date:
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1918
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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4
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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12
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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Old works shown on the source map that are shown as a general area of mining on the accompanyingmap most likely include area undermined by the Hintz Mine.
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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 2E
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21
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SE SW SE
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| Air shaft
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Henry
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17N 2E
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21
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NE SW SE
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| Escape shaft
|
Henry
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17N 2E
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21
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NE SW SE
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Geology
| Rock Island or Herrin
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24-60
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|
|
3.0-4.0
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RPB
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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
| Company, IL_2034_01
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8-2-1918
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1:600
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1:600
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, 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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| ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.
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| Mine notes (Henry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Company map, Coal Section files, IL_2034_01, digital map from State Archives, courtesy Robert Gibson, DNR -Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
