Mine Index Number: 7180
| Company Name:
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S. Gilfoy and Company
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| Mine Name:
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Gilfoy mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1873
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End Date:
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1879
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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9
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The 1879 Coal Report stated 40 acres were mined.
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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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Peoria
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7N 7E
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20
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NE SE SW
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Geology
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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| S. Gilfoy and Company
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Gilfoy
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pre1873-1879 Years of operation and production before 1878 are not known. The 1879 Coal Report indicated 40 acres were mined. The mine was present on the 1873 atlas, and was shown as a large area.
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4,885 Years of operation and production before 1878 are not known. The 1879 Coal Report indicated 40 acres were mined. The mine was present on the 1873 atlas, and was shown as a large area.
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| Total Production: 4,885 Years of operation and production before 1878 are not known. The 1879 Coal Report indicated 40 acres were mined. The mine was present on the 1873 atlas, and was shown as a large area.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Atlas Map of Peoria Count
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1873
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1:31680
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1:31680
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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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Peoria County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Atlas Map of Peoria County, Illinois, 1873 - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
