Mine Index Number: 6234
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Gates Fire Clay Company
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| Mine Name:
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Gates Mine
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| Start Date:
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1920
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End Date:
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1929
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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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5
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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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McDonough
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5N 4W
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13
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SE NE SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Colchester
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Underground
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 9,909
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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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| Federal Land Bank Report
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3-1936
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1:124800
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1:124800
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (McDonough County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Federal Land Bank Report (McDonough County) - Shaft location, ownership.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production was not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.
- ↑ The name may be Cedar Valley Coal Company.
