Mine Index Number: 6070
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Fred Ross
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| Mine Name:
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Ross Mine
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| Start Date:
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Unknown
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End Date:
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Unknown
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Marshall
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12N 9E
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11
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SE NE SW [1]
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Danville
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4.0-4.6
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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
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| ISGS field notes (H. B. Willman)
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8-25-1930
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(text only)
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1:24000 [3]
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Marshall County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS field notes (Marshall County) - Mine location, seam, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ According the ISGS field notes, the mine was on the east side of the creek, at an elevation of 510-520.
- ↑ Noted in ISGS field notes dated 1930. Production not reported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year.
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
