Mine Index Number: 5948
| Company Name:
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Bardwell
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| Mine Name:
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Bardwell Mine
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| Start Date:
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1860
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End Date:
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1865
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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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| Acres after map date:
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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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Will
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33N 9E
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7
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SW NE SE
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| Slope
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Will
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33N 9E
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7
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SE NW SE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
About 3 feet of coal was left to support the roof.
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
Last reported production: approximately 1865
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS field notes (D. J. Fisher)
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9-26-1923
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(text only)
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1:24000 [3]
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Will County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ISGS field notes (Will County) - Mine type, shaft/slope location, seam, thickness, geologic problems, years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Some uncertainty exists in the seam correlation. The coal appeared to be a thick lenticular pod of a local seam, called the Schoonmaker Coal in some publications and field notes. The coal is thought to be 20 to 30 feet below the Colchester Coal, and may correlate with the Rock Island or Caseyville Coals, which are known to be lenticular pods in many areas where they occur.
- ↑ The years of operation are approximate. D. J. Fisher noted in 1923 that former miners in the area stated that the mines were worked during the Civil War. Production is unknown for any mines operating before the 1881-1882 fiscal year.
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
