Mine Index Number: 6206
| Company Name:
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Colchester Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Colchester Mine
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| Start Date:
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1884
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End Date:
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1892
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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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44
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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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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McDonough
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5N 3W
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7
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NE NE SW
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Geology
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
| ISGS mine database
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Undated
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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, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (McDonough County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
