Mine Index Number: 6334
| Company Name:
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Charles Moran
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| Mine Name:
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Moran Mine
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| Start Date:
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1916
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End Date:
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1933
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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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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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| Main shaft
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Bureau
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16N 6E
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25
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SE SE NW
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| Air shaft
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Bureau
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16N 6E
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25 Not shown on accompanying map, but was said to be 280 feet east of the shaft.
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The roof was black shale. Horsebacks up to 6 feet thick cut through the seam at an angle. Many slips were noted, with no preferred orientation. The floor was 3 inches to 1 foot of fire clay above limestone.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Mike Moran and Sons
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Moran
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1918-1932 Idle 1921; mines producing less than 10,000 tons were not reported in 1922; idle 1929; mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year were not reported from 1930 to 1932.
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13,974
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS field notes (P. MacClintock)
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1922
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(text only)
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1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map 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, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Bureau County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ISGS field notes (Bureau County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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