Mine Index Number: 2410
| Company Name:
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Star Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Star Mine
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| Start Date:
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1936
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End Date:
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1942
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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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1 to 1.5
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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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| Slope
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Henry
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15N 5E
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14
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NW cor SW NW
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Geology
| Herrin
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50
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5.3 Locational information in the ISGS mine notes is questionable. This information may pertain to a mine in T10N-R5E section 14. Mine notes state the slope entry was constructed in 1931. This mine near Kewanee first reported production in 1936. The thickness is also unlikely for this area.
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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
| ISGS mined-out area map
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1950
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source The original source of the slope location cited in the mine notes is a Department of Mines and Minerals Film, 1938. This item is currently not available.
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Henry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Henry County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS mined-out area map - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
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