Mine Index Number: 6910
| Company Name:
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Carbondale Coal and Coke Company
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| Mine Name:
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Dodd Mine
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| Start Date:
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1872
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End Date:
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1886
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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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68
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The reported production indicates approximately 70 acres were mined after 1882. The previous ten years’ production is unknown, but was reported to undermine an additional 50 acres.
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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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Williamson
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9S 1E
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2
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SE NW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Two feet of top coal was left to hold the roof, then the top coal was mined on retreat.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 572,655
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-189
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8-11-1934
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1:63360
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1:63360
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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, mining method, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-189, work map for Federal Land Bank Report map - Shaft location, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Company
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| Map ID:
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4103.w52 i5.1-189
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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8/11/34
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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Willsn2.jpg
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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/williamson/willsn2.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production before 1882 is unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated that 50 acres had been mined. Some of the production may include coal mined from the Lafflin Slope (mine index 5973).
