Mine Index Number: 6328
| Company Name:
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Billbenne Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Bilbenne Mine
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| Start Date:
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1860
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End Date:
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1870
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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| Acres after map date:
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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
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Bureau
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16N 7E
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25
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SE NW SW [1]
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Geology
| Herrin
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60-115
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4.5
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Federal Land Bank Report
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6-1935
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1:126720
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1:126720
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Secondary source
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| ISGS field notes (G. H. Cady)
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1931
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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| ISGS field notes (L. C. McCabe)
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6-17-1931
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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)
| ISGS field notes (Bureau County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Bureau County) - General mine location and outline, seam, depth, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
![[[:Bilbenne|Bilbenne]]](https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/bureau/thumbnails/m6328_geo_th.jpg) These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Federal Land Bank Report
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| Map ID:
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| Company:
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Bilbenne Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Bilbenne
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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6-1935
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| Map Status:
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Secondary source
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M6328 geo
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/bureau/m6328 geo.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The field notes indicate the mine extended north almost to the railroad and that the mine closed because the railroad would not permit undermining.
