Mine Index Number: 7232
| Company Name:
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John Gorman
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| Mine Name:
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Gorman Mine
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| Start Date:
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1880
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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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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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35
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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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Peoria
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8N 7E
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25
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SW SW NW
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Geology
| Springfield
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87-130
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4.5
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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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| Total Production: 141,365
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Coal Report (p.82)
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1885
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description (600 feet from the shaft of mine index 0430, Collier Mine) and digitized.
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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, location, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Peoria County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
