Mine Index Number: 2445
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Dewey Craig Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Craig 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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1
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| Acres after map date:
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1
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Jackson
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7S 1W
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31
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SW SW SE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft [1]
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Jackson
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7S 1W
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31
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SW SW SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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65
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8.0
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UG
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 10,341
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 352499
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7-28-1938
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1:1200
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1:993
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Not final
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 352518
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10-9-1965
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1:2400
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1:5297
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Jackson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 352499, reel 03139, frame 195 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 352518, reel 03139, frames 232-237, map of Burning Star Underground Mine (mine index 606) - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: IL_2051_01
 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_2051_01
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| Company:
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Dewey Craig Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Craig
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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07-28-1938
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| Map Status:
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Not Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M2445 IL 2051 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/jackson/m2445 IL 2051 01.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ This air shaft was also used by Burning Star Underground Mine (mine index 606).
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Production after map date
