Mine Index Number: 6388
| Company Name:
|
Forden Coal Company
|
| Mine Name:
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Forden Mine
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| Start Date:
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1942
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End Date:
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1955
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
|
2
|
| Production Indicated Acres:
|
1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
|
|
|
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
|
County
|
Township-Range
|
Section
|
Part Section
|
| Main shaft
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Menard
|
17N 8W
|
12
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NW SW SE
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| Air shaft
|
Menard
|
17N 8W
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12
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NW SW SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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147-151
|
|
|
6.0
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RPB
|
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
| Microfilm, document 352222
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2-21-1956
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1:2400
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1:2979
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Menard County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Menard County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 352222, reel 03138, frame 280 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 352222
Map Date: 2-21-1956
Coal Co.: Forden Coal Company
Mine Name: Wilson & Son Mine
Full Res Download
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The mine name is from the map.
- ↑ Idle 1944, 1945 and 1953
