Mine Index Number: 0046
| Company Name:
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Southern Counties Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Southern Counties No. 20 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1907
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End Date:
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February 1924
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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780
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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 (9x14)
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Saline
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8S 7E
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15
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NE NW SW
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| Air shaft (9x13)
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Saline
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8S 7E
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15
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NE NW SW
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Geology
| Springfield
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445 (400-465)
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4.0
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5.33
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4.67 (4.0-5.6)
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
A gas explosion in 1913 killed 4 men. A dike was found, but its location was not shown on the source map. Faults were shown in the SE 9-T8S-R7E, 16-T8S-R7E, and SW 15-T8S-R7E. These faults trended north-northwest to south-southeast. The roof was weak near the shaft. The roof consisted of 2 feet of hard black shale, but about 2 inches of “draw slate” came down with the coal. There were some minor slips in the coal. Few impurities were found in the coal, except for some pyrite streaks. The floor was a dark gray shale that did not weather or heave.
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: 4,017,248
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352830
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3-1-1924 [1]
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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, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 352830, reel 03140, frames 396-399 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The map title block shows the Peabody Coal Company ownership and the date 9-1-1927, but no extension of mining had taken place.
