Mine Index Number: 6628
| Company Name:
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Abe Bath
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| Mine Name:
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Bath Mine
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| Start Date:
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1909
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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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3
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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Less than 1 The mine outline shown on the accompanying map is smaller than expected for the reported production; it is likely that the source map was improperly scaled. Production indicates the mine outline should encompass approximately 6 acres.
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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 drift
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Fulton
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6N 4E
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15
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SW The locations are not presented with any further accuracy than the quarter-section as the source map had little to aid mine placement or scaling. The mine location shown on the accompanying map is controversial and based only on the orientation of the drift opening to a ravine. ISGS field notes taken by T. E. Savage indicate the Bath Mine was located in the NW NW SW 15-T6N-R4E (and would be completely obliterated by Mine Index 674, Little Sister Mine),but the drift opening seems unlikely in the flat topography that existed at that location (pre-surface-mining topography). The mine was positioned in a likely location specified by the legend on mine map (SW 15-T6N-R4E).
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| Air shaft
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Fulton
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6N 4E
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15
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SW The locations are not presented with any further accuracy than the quarter-section as the source map had little to aid mine placement or scaling. The mine location shown on the accompanying map is controversial and based only on the orientation of the drift opening to a ravine. ISGS field notes taken by T. E. Savage indicate the Bath Mine was located in the NW NW SW 15-T6N-R4E (and would be completely obliterated by Mine Index 674, Little Sister Mine),but the drift opening seems unlikely in the flat topography that existed at that location (pre-surface-mining topography). The mine was positioned in a likely location specified by the legend on mine map (SW 15-T6N-R4E).
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Geology
| Springfield
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45-70
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4.67-5.0
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RPB
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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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| Abe Bath
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Bath
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1920-1926
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8,855 Production was not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351633
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6-10-1926
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1:480
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1:530
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Microfilm map, document 351633, reel 03136, frame 206 - Drift & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
