Mine Index Number: 0919
| Company Name:
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J. J. Track Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Brown Brothers No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1971
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End Date:
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February 1985
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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125
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| Acres after map date:
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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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| Pit
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Saline
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10S 6E
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30
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NEThis pit also mined out several old drift mines. ISGS field notes indicate these mines had been abandoned prior to 1916 and 1925.
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Geology
| Dekoven
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30-45
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3.0-4.17
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
Faulting was present, some with displacements over 50 feet. This halted the advance of mining in some pits.
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: 647,398
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company
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6-30-1985
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1:4800
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1:4800
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Final
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| Coal Section files
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Undated
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1:7633
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1:7633
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Secondary source
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| Coal Section files
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1976
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1:7854
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1:7854
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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, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, geologic problems.
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| ISGS field notes (Saline County) - Seam, mining method, old drift mine locations.
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| Company, ISGS Coal Section files - Mine location, mine outline, mining method.
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| ISGS Coal Section files, strip mine updates - Mine outline and location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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