Matherville Quadrangle
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Mining in the Matherville Quadrangle
According to A. H. Worthen, mines were active in sections 16, 20, and 21 of T15N-R1W near the town of Cable. The locations were not specific and may be represented on the accompanying map by mines on the slopes adjacent to Camp Creek and its tributaries. Mining continued in this area until 1925.
According to the 1910 Coal Report (p. 238), the town of Matherville was established as a mining town for the Coal Valley Mining Company (mine index 18) and Alden No. 7 Mine (mine index 19). Mining ceased in this vicinity in 1943.
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Coal Mines In Illinois Matherville Quadrangle
Mines that Appear on the Matherville Quadrangle
| Combined | County | |
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| 0017 | Coal Valley Mining Company, Coal Valley No. 2 Mine | Mercer |
| 0018 | Coal Valley Mining Company, Coal Valley No. 3 Mine | Mercer |
| 0019 | Alden Coal Company, Alden No. 7 Mine | Mercer |
| 2981 | P. L. Cable, Cable Slope Mine Coal Valley Mining Company, Coal Valley Slope Mine | Mercer |
| 2982 | Coal Valley Mining Company, Coal Valley No. 1 Mine | Mercer |
| 2983 | Lilliman Brothers, Lilliman Mine Lilliman and Company, Lilliman Mine Alfred Lilliman, Lilliman Mine | Mercer |
| 2984 | Charles Peterson, Peterson Mine Bryan B. Peterson, Peterson Mine Axel Swanson and Nimrick, Swanson and Nimrick Mine Axel Swanson, Swanson Mine Peterson Coal Company, Peterson Mine | Mercer |
| 2985 | A. J. Spahnir, Spahnir Mine | Mercer |
| 2987 | Schaechter Brothers, Schaechter Mine Louis Schraechter, Schraechter Mine | Mercer |
| 2988 | John Boden, Boden Mine | Mercer |
| 2989 | Blue Flame Coal Company, Dog Town Mine James Docherty, Dog Town Mine | Mercer |
| 2990 | William H. Riddell, Riddell Mine Axel E. Link, Link Mine Lee and Hagman, Lee and Hagman Mine McCrame and Lee, McCrame and Lee Mine McCraney Sand and Gravel, McCraney Mine | Mercer |
| 2991 | Fulton County Coal Company, Fulton No. 2 Mine | Mercer |
| 2993 | James O’Rourke and Mike Bugas, O’Rourke and Bugas Mine Never Seen Coal Company, Never Seen Mine O’Rourke and Bugas, O’Rourke and Bugas Mine | Mercer |
| 2996 | Huffman and Johnson, Huffman and Johnson Mine Crescent Coal Company, Crescent Mine Hoffman and Johnson, Huffman and Johnson Mine | Mercer |
| 5280 | Mercer | |
| 6109 | Mercer | |
| 6110 | Mercer | |
| 6111 | Mercer | |
| 6113 | Mercer | |
| 6114 | Mercer |
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