Mine Index Number: 0016
| Company Name:
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Consolidated Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Big Muddy No. 10 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1872
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End Date:
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March 1927
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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394
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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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29
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NE SE NW
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| Air shaft
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Jackson
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8S 2W
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29
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NW NE NE
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| Lewis shaft
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Jackson
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8S 2W
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20
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SE SE SW
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| Old (Blair) shaft
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Jackson
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8S 2W
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29
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NE NE NE
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Geology
| Murphysboro
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131-160
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3.1
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5.2
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3.7-4.6 The thickness averaged 3.7 ft in the southwestern part of the mine, 4.6 in the northwestern part of the mine, 7.0 in the eastern part of the mine where the coal was not split (NE 29-T8S-R2W), and 4.0 over the remainder of the mine.
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
A fault was noted in the northeastern part of the mine, with the northern side downthrown 7 feet. Another fault was encountered 200 ft west of the shaft. Bone coal and pyrite were present in the seam in horizontal streaks. Pyrite was also present as lenses and on cleat surfaces. Shale partings were present in the seam, in all areas of the mine except NE Sec 29. In the northeastern part of the mine, this shale band thickened to 8 ft so that only the bottom bench was mined. In the southwestern part of the mine, another shale parting took 12 inches off the 4.7 ft thick bottom bench. This second parting thickened westward to 6 ft thick and then mining took place only in the bottom 44 inches.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Lewis Coal Company
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Lewis
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1872-1881
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20,128 Production before July 1880 is unknown. The 1881 Coal Report indicated 25 acres had been mined. The 1882 Coal Report indicated the Lewis Mine had been abandoned. The Lewis Mine workings are incorporated into the entries of the Big Muddy No. 10 Mine.
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| Total Production: 1,703,691
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352473
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4-1-1927
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1:2400
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1:4469
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Final
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| ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-37
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ca. 1931
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1:31680
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1:31680
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Secondary source
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| Atlas of Illinois, Jackson County
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1876
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1:150000
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1:150000
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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.
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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, shaft location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 352473, reel 03139, frames 160-163 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-37, sheets 3 and 5, Federal Land Bank Report work maps - Shaft locations, mine outline (eastern part of mine).
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| Atlas of Jackson County, 1876, Warner and Beers, Chicago - Lewis shaft location.
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| History of Jackson County, 1878, Brink and McDonough, Philadelphia - Lewis Mine, years of operation.
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