Mine Index Number: 0092
| Company Name:
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Sharon Coal Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Sharon Mine
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| Start Date:
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1906
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End Date:
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1924
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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121
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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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Vermilion
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17N 11W
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7
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SW NW NE
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| Air shaft
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Vermilion
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17N 11W
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7
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SW NW NE
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Geology
| Herrin
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235-248
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4.0
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5.67
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5.0-5.5
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The immediate roof was a carbonaceous shale 3 to 4 inches thick. This held up well, but when it did come down, it was overlain by 15 feet of gray shale that caused trouble. Moisture caused the shale to swell and break and come down. The floor was over 5 feet of fire clay, but did not heave unless it got wet.
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: 643,662
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State archive, MSHA_1188
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4-15-1925
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1:1200
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1:1200
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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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.
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| Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| State archive, MSHA_1188, courtesy of Robert Gibson - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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