Mine Index Number: 0182
| Company Name:
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Whip Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Whip Mine
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| Start Date:
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1901
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End Date:
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March 1945
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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194 General area of mining shades have been added where later operators found voids.
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| Acres after map date:
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21
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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 An old slope (not discernible on source maps) caved in and a shaft was constructed before 1907.
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Perry
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6S 4W
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5
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NW NE SE
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| Air shaft
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Perry
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6S 4W
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5
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NW NE SE
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Geology
| Herrin
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106
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5.0
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7.0
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6.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was 3 feet of white top with up to 3 feet of black shale above. A 6 foot limestone cap rock was above the shale. In several places, the limestone had protrusions almost down to the blue band. The coal contained pyrite, charcoal, clay, shale and black jack (hard charcoal) impurities. The blue band varied from 0 to 2 inches thick and was about 6 inches above the floor. The underclay heaved when wet, but the mine was generally dry. The fire clay contained pyrite nodules that made undercutting difficult.
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: 1,180,583
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352088
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11-1941
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1:2400
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1:5296
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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 352088, reel 03138, frame 69 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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