Mine Index Number: 2482
| Company Name:
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Monroe Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Monroe Mine
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| Start Date:
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1924
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End Date:
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1936
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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3 [1]
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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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| Main slope
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Jackson
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8S 1W
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8
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NE NE SW
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| Air shaft
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Jackson
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8S 1W
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8
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NE NE SW
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Geology
| Herrin
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35-60
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8.0-10.0
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
Top coal (generally 18 inches) was left to support the roof.
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
| Microfilm, document 352572
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6-17-1930
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1:1200
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1:1076
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Not final
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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 (Jackson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS field notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 352572, reel 03139, frame 346 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
![[[:Home Fires|Home Fires]]](https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/jackson/thumbnails/m2482_IL_2077_01_th.jpg) 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_2077_01
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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Home Fires
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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06-17-1930
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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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M2482 IL 2077 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/m2482 IL 2077 01.zip
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- ↑ Production indicates an additional 5 acres were mined.
- ↑ Idle 1929
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Idle 1932 or produced less than 1,000 tons. Production not reported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year.
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Production after map date
