Mine Index Number: 6945
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Colchester Coal and Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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A Mine
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| Start Date:
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1893
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End Date:
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1899
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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7
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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27
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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 Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft
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McDonough
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5N 3W
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7
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NE SE SE [1]
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Colchester
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53-60
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|
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2.75-2.83
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RP, some HER[2]
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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
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Federal Land Bank Report
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3-1936
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1:124800
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1:124800
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (McDonough County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Federal Land Bank Report (McDonough County) - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ This location is shown on source maps but was not identified. Colchester Coal Company opened a mine 1893 that was 450 yards east of the mine closed in 1892 (mine index 6206, in the same section), which is in this vicinity.
- ↑ A miner died in 1898 as the result of a roof fall while he was pulling pillars
