Mine Index Number: 2065
| Company Name:
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Black Diamond Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Black Diamond Mine
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| Start Date:
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1882
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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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20
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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
|
| Main shaft
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Edgar
|
16N 10W
|
29
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SW SW NE
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| Air shaft
|
Edgar
|
16N 10W
|
29
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SE SW NE
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Geology
| Springfield
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150
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|
|
|
LW and RP[1]
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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
| Coal Section files
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Undated
|
1:62500
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1:62500
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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, mine type, seam, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Edgar County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Edgar County) - Shaft locations, depth.
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| Coal Section files, undated work map on USGS topographic map, 15-minute Ridge Farm Quadrangle - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The Coal Reports indicate that the mining began as longwall and changed to room-and-pillar after 1884. No maps survive to show the method.
