Mine Index Number: 7287
| Company Name:
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Michael Schaeffer
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| Mine Name:
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Big Four Mine
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| Start Date:
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1895
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End Date:
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1902
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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24 [1]
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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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7S 3W
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21
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SW NE SE
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| Air shaft
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Jackson
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7S 3W
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21
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NE SE SE
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Geology
| Murphysboro
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12
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3.5-6.0
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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 map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-37
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circa 1934
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1:31680
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1:31680
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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, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Franklin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-37, sheet 4, work map for Federal Land Bank Report - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production indicates approximately 8 acres were mined.
- ↑ The source map showed a “Schaefer” label near the mine outline that was also labeled “Big Four”. Schaeffer apparently re-opened the abandoned mine. Other operators may have worked this mine between 1902 and 1905.
