Mine Index Number: 0028
| Company Name:
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Monmouth Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Brereton Mine
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| Start Date:
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1901
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End Date:
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April 1924
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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885
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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 (8 x 16 ft)
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Fulton
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7N 4E
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11
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NE NW NW
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| Air shaft (8 x 10 ft)
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Fulton
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7N 4E
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11
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NW NE NW
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Geology
| Springfield
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142
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4.0
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4.67
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4.33
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RPP
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Geological Problems Reported
The limestone was generally 18 to 24 inches above the coal, but only averaged 6 inches thick. The interval between the coal and limestone was black shale, with 2 to 6 inches of draw slate in some parts of the mine. Some horsebacks and small clay slips were noted. The coal contained some small charcoal bands and streaks of pyrite in thin, discontinuous bands. The floor was 12 to 18 inches of underclay. The mine was dry, which prevented heaving. Large boulders were sometimes found in the floor in the northeastern part of the mine. The bedding planes of the coal arched over the boulders, which had many calcite-filled cracks. The boulders had to be broken up with dynamite.
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
| Microfilm, document 351587
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4-3-1924
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1:2400
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1:4634
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, shaft sizes.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 351587, reel 03136, frames 374-377 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
