Mine Index Number: 0015
| Company Name:
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Big Muddy Coal and Iron Company
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| Mine Name:
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Harrison Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1881
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End Date:
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1915
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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461 [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 shaft
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Jackson
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8S 2W
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33
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NE NE NW
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| Air shaft
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Jackson
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8S 2W
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33
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NW NW NE
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Geology
| Murphysboro
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155-160
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6.5
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5.67
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
One horseback was traced for over 1,000 ft, and consisted of a hard micaceous sandstone. Small faults or slips were noted, as well as horsebacks. The slips made poor roof conditions. The roof was 6 ft of gray shale, full of cleavage planes. The shale was very slabby and laminated and fell in sheets. The coal had a shale parting that thickened northeastward. The parting was more carbonaceous in some areas, but where the parting was more clay-like, the coal was better quality. The parting weathered to a white powder and, when disposed of on the floor of the mine and dampened, became a very sticky mud. Pyrite was present as balls and masses, which were easily separable from the coal.
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: 3,306,503
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-1
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8-31-1920
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1:2400
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1:2400
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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, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-1 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production indicates the Harrison Mine should be approximately 520 to 580 acres. The Harrison Mine is connected underground to mine index 7163 and mine index 7164. While the exact division cannot be discerned from the available source map, an approximate separation between this mine and mine index 7163 and mine index 7164 has been shown on the accompanying map.
- ↑ Production and years of operation before 1881 are unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated that 17 acres were mined.
