Mine Index Number: 0254
| Company Name:
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Richard Black
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| Mine Name:
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Black Mine
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| Start Date:
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1908
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End Date:
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1909
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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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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This mine is not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining by the Eagle Surface Mine (mine index 883).
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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 slope
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Gallatin
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10S 8E
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23
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NE NE NE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Richard Black May have been owned at one time by H. S. Clayton (or Clayton may have owned the surface).
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Black
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1908-1909
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1,600
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| Total Production: 1,600
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS mined-out area map, Area 32
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1950
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Gallatin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine location, seam, thickness.
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| ISGS mined-out area map, Area 32 - Slope location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
