Mine Index Number: 3159
| Company Name:
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Old Egyptian Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Egyptian Mine
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| Start Date:
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1891
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End Date:
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1907
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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20
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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60
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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 shaft
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Perry
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6S 1W
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18
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NE SW NW
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| Air shaft
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Perry
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6S 1W
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18
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NE SW NW
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Geology
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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| Total Production: 453,933
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| WPA, T6S-R1W
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1940
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1:12000
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1:55096
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Secondary source
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| Microfilm, document 352078
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2-1921
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1:2400
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1:4469
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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, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS field notes (Perry County) - Shaft location.
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| Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps - Mine ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.
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| WPA map, T6S-R1W - Shaft locations.
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| Microfilm map, document 352078, reel 03138, frame 57, map of Jewel Mine (mine index 3158) - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The owner of Egyptian Mining Company was L. S. Smith, according to the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map.
- ↑ The shaft was shown on the 1900 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, leased by Vulcan Coal Company. Production, if any, is unknown. The text on the map, describing the mine, stated the mine worked out 120 acres. The mine may be larger than shown on the accompanying map.
