Mine Index Number: 0178
| Company Name:
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Bailey Brothers Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Diamond Mine
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| Start Date:
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Circa 1865
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End Date:
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1941
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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115Production indicates approximately 140 acres were mined. It is likely that the western side of the mine is not final, and may be 25 to 50 acres larger than shown on the accompanying map. Old workings were encountered on the eastern side as well.
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| Acres after map date:
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Less than 1
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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 (Bailey)
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Perry
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5S 1W
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30
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NE NE NE
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| Air shaft
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Perry
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5S 1W
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30
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NE NE NE
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| Old shaftThe old shaft shown on the source map is believed to be from the Black Diamond Coal Mining Company. The old Black Diamond area is designated on the accompanying map with the yellow general area of mining, but is not included in the measured area at the top of this page, because the production that produced the general area of mining is not known.
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Perry
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5S 1W
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20
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SW SW SW
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Geology
| Herrin
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80
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4.75
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5.0
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4.8
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
Some small faults were observed, with 15 inches of displacement. Some slips extended down into the coal. The roof consisted of gray and black shales, with up to 10 feet of limestone above. The black shale varied from ½ inch to over 30 inches thick. A limestone roof was present over considerable areas of this mine, and the rooms were driven wider in those areas. Lenses of pyrite were found in the mine. The pyrite was easily removed from the coal as it was mined. The blue band was 6 to 8 inches above the floor.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Black Diamond Coal Mining Company
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Black Diamond
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ca. 1865-pre1881
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UnknownDiamond Town, shown on the map for Du Quoin Quadrangle as Sunfield (NW 29-T5S-R1W), was platted in 1864, and the Black Diamond Coal Mining Company was organized in 1865. By 1883, only a few old buildings remained of the mine. That would indicate that mining may have ended several years before. Production before 1881 is not known.
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| Total Production: 616,969
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352099
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2-1926
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1:1200
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1:2234
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Not final
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| Company, 4103.P42 i5.1-23
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9-24-1939
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 352099, reel 03138, frames 83 and 84 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-23 - Mine outline (eastern).
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| McDonough Company (publishers), 1883, History of Randolph, Monroe and Perry Counties, Illinois - Mine history.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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