Mine Index Number: 3980
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Cox Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Cox Mine
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| Start Date:
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1939
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End Date:
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May 1940
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Acres after map date:
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2
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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
|
Part Section
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Tipple / pit
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Williamson
|
8S 2E
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34
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NW SE SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
|
| Herrin
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9.0
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Surface
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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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| Cox Coal Company
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Cox
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1939-1940
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22,687
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| Total Production: 22,687
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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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| Mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 [1]
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, thickness, mine type.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized. The source for this location was Ray McClusky, a state mine inspector. Checking his other locations against map sources has shown his locations to be inaccurate most of the time.
