Mine Index Number: 6077
| Company Name:
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Alfred Cliff
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| Mine Name:
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Cliff Mine
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| Start Date:
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1926
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End Date:
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1926
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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80
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The outline and size of the mine or mines in this area is unknown and problematical. The ISGS field notes specified a shaft location at the southern end of the parcel shown on the accompanying map, and stated “mine worked about 40 acres north of shaft”. It seems unlikely that 40 contiguous acres were mined in this location; an area that size would require production from 120,000 to 200,000 tons. The unlocated mines shown at the back of this report shows no mines of that capacity. Subsidence of a shaft was rectified in 1999, and more subsidence was noted in 2007. Both areas are included within the outline for Cliff Mine, although 3 or more mines probably operated here, and mining may extend southward beyond the area shown on the accompanying map.
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
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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
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Marshall
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13N 9E
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14
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NE SE NE The most likely location for a shaft whose workings extend northward is along the hill shown on the accompanying map at this location, NE SE NE. The location shown in the field notes is SE SE NE, but the written description was at SE SW NW. The field notes were unaccountably muddled, so two likely locations are shown on the accompanying map.
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| Shaft
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Marshall
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13N 9E
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14
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SE SE NE The most likely location for a shaft whose workings extend northward is along the hill shown on the accompanying map at this location, NE SE NE. The location shown in the field notes is SE SE NE, but the written description was at SE SW NW. The field notes were unaccountably muddled, so two likely locations are shown on the accompanying map.
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| Shaft
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Marshall
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13N 9E
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14
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SE SW NE This is the location of an air shaft with cribbing designated Western Avenue Mine by the Abandoned Mine Division of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The shaft was filled in 1999.
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
A sulfur band was present 18 inches from the bottom of the seam.
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 (G. H. Cady)
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11-3-1931
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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Secondary source
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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 (Marshall County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ISGS field notes (Marshall County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, general area of mining.
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| Personal communication, Steve Getman of Marshall County & Joe Pelc of DNR, June 2007 - Shaft location, southern extent of mining.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
