Mine Index Number: 6243
| 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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1881
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End Date:
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1884
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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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28 in addition to the 25 acres that were mined before 1882.
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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 shaft
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McDonough
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5N 4W
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14
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SW SE NE
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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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| Colchester Coal Company President, A. Newland
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Colchester
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1881-1884
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57,682 Production and years of operation before July 1881 are unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 25 acres were mined out.
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| Total Production: 57,682 Production and years of operation before July 1881 are unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 25 acres were mined out.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS Circular 19, Plate IV
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1936
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1:29469
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1:29469
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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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| ISGS Circular 19, Plate IV - Shaft location.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (McDonough County) - Ownership.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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