Mine Index Number: 5748
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Barr Clay Company
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| Mine Name:
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Barr Mine
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| Start Date:
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1914
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End Date:
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1921
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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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18
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Mine [1]
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Livingston
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30N 3E
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2
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NE SE SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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3.67-4.0
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Surface and RP
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Geological Problems Reported
The coal had an irregular top, with rather frequent broad depressions 5 to 6 feet across and 2 to 3 feet deep. In the center of the pit, a north-south trending trough or syncline interrupted the general flat-lying nature of the seam. The seam was removed in three benches. The top bench was 18 inches thick, and 6 to 8 inches of dirty coal was discarded before mining the middle 6 inch band. The bottom bench was 12 inches thick, and separated from the middle bench by a band of interbedded clay and coal streaks with a good deal of pyrite.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Barr Clay Company
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Barr
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1914-1921
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70,985
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| Total Production: 70,985
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| ISGS field notes (G. H. Cady)
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1913
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(text only)
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1:24000 [2]
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Livingston County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS field notes (Livingston County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ According to the Coal Reports, the mine operated as a surface mine in the opening years, then became a shaft mine.
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
