Mine Index Number: 0183
| Company Name:
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Union Colliery Company
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| Mine Name:
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Kathleen Mine
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| Start Date:
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1917
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End Date:
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1946
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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3,923
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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 (12.5 X 26.25)
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Jackson
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7S 1W
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5
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NW NE SE
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| Air shaft
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Jackson
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7S 1W
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5
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NE NW SE
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| Air shaft
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Jackson
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7S 1W
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17
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NW NE SE
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Geology
| Herrin
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252-260
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6.0
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11.0
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7.5
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RPP
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Geological Problems Reported
Incidents in 1931, 1936 and 1940 resulted in fatalities from gas and gas explosions. A N-S trending fault, downthrown to the east, lowered the coal 40 feet (Dowell Fault Zone). Two small faults, the reverse of the main fault, were also present in the western part of the mine. Some slips were encountered in the mine, one 1300 feet from the shaft on the Main South that displaced the coal 7 feet upthrown to the east. A ‘white top’ (soft gray) shale was present throughout the mine, requiring 1.5 to 2 feet of top coal left to support the roof. The blue band was 0.75 to 1.5 inches of shale. A dirt band was also present in the seam 4 feet from the bottom of the coal. The dirt band contained angular coal fragments in a matrix of soft carbonaceous dirt. Some pyrite lenses (0.5 by 2-3 inches) were encountered in the top coal and just above the blue band. Undercutting took place about 3 inches above the bottom of the seam, and some of bottom coal was later loaded. The floor was 2 to 4 feet of fire clay that contained many small slips. Very little heaving occurred in the mine.
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
| Company, 4102 i5.1-10, sheets 1-5
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11-26-1946
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Jackson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4102 i5.1-10, sheets 1-5, copy 1 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
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