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| |Company=Bunker Hill Coal Company | | |Company=Bunker Hill Coal Company |
| | |company_note={{#info:The mine notes indicate that Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis owned the mine and it was leased to Bunker Hill Coal Company.|note}} |
| |Mine-Name=Bunker Hill | | |Mine-Name=Bunker Hill |
| |Date=1882-1893 | | |Date=1882-1893 |
Revision as of 10:55, February 28, 2023
Mine Index Number: 0281
Company Name:
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William Neil and Company
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Mine Name:
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Neil Mine
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Start Date:
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1879
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End Date:
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May 1, 1912
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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53 The area shown on the accompanying map is smaller than expected for the reported production
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Production Indicated Acres:
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75
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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 shaft (6'x5.5')
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Macoupin
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7N 8W
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14
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NE NW SE
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Air shaft
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Macoupin
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7N 8W
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14
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SE NW SE
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Geology
Herrin
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244-254
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5.3
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8.0
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5.5-6.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
Some small clay veins, 6 to 10 inches wide, were present near the top of the coal. Gas was present, “in pockets”.
Production
Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Bunker Hill Coal Company The mine notes indicate that Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis owned the mine and it was leased to Bunker Hill Coal Company.
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Bunker Hill
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1882-1893
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228,053
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Total Production: 392,044
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Microfilm, document 352550
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4-1-1912
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1:2400
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1:3145
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.
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Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Macoupin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine notes (Macoupin County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geological problems.
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Microfilm map, document 352550, reel 03139, frames 287 & 289 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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State Archive
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Map ID:
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IL_1116_01
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Company:
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Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
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Mine Name:
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Bunker Hill
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Caption:
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Map Date:
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04-01-1912
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Map Status:
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Final
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Image Credit:
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Note:
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More Info:
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M0281 IL 1116 01
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Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/macoupin/m0066 IL 1124.zip
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Photographs