Mine Index Number: 6118
| Company Name:
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John McNeil
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| Mine Name:
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McNeil Mine
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| Start Date:
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1924
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End Date:
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1925
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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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Less than 1
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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 drift
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Mercer
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15N 2W
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33
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NE NW SW
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Geology
| Rock Island
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|
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2.25
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
The mine rapidly filled with water and required a great deal of pumping. The coal was thinner than expected, as a well 300 feet east of the mine showed coal between 3 and 3.5 feet thick.
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 (H. R. Wanless)
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7-6-1925
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1:62500
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1:62500
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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 (Mercer County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ISGS field notes (Mercer County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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