Mine Index Number: 7451
| Company Name:
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John Minto
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| Mine Name:
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Minto Mine
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| Start Date:
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1875
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End Date:
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1888
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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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3
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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A general area of mining along the bluffs of Robinson Creek have been added to the accompanying map to account for the mining that took place before 1875.
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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 and shaft
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Shelby
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11N 3E
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17
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E ½ SE SW
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Geology
| Shelbyville
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40-90
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|
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2.17-2.5
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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
| Worthen et al.
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1875
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(text only)
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1:24000 [3]
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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, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Shelby County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Worthen et al., 1875, Volume VI, Geology & Paleontology, page 169 - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production before July 1881 is not known. The mine was noted in the 1875 Worthen report, but the mine may haveoperated some years before the field work described the coal at that location.
- ↑ Production before July 1881 is not known. The mine was noted in the 1875 Worthen report, but the mine may haveoperated some years before the field work described the coal at that location.
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
