Mine Index Number: 6965
| Company Name:
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Charles Atkinson
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| Mine Name:
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Atkinson Mine
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| Start Date:
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1909
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End Date:
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1911
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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2
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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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McDonough
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6N 3W
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32
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NE NE SW
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Geology
| Colchester
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30-71
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|
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2.0-2.5
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RP
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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
| ISGS Bulletin 30
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1917
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1:48000
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1:48000
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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, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (McDonough County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ISGS Bulletin 30, Colchester-Macomb Quadrangles - Drift location.
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| Atlas Map of McDonough County, Illinois, surveyed, compiled, drawn and published by Andreas, Lyter and Co., Davenport, Iowa - Mine location, years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ A mine was also shown in this location in the 1873 Atlas Map of McDonough County. The landowner at time was also C. W. Atkinson. Production for the earlier mining is unknown.
