Mine Index Number: 0297
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Bessemer Washed Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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White Walnut Mine
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| Start Date:
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1900
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End Date:
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September 1911
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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380 [1]
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Perry
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5S 3W
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25
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SE NW NW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Perry
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5S 3W
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25
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NE SW NW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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92
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6.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The source map showed the Pinckneyville Fault 300 feet west of the east line of 26- T5S-R3W, with 32 feet of displacement.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 1,523,260
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 352116
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Undated
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1:1200
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1:2068
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Undated
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Federal Land Bank Report
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9-21-1933
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1:126720
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1:126720
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 352116, reel 03138, frame 114 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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| Bibliography
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Perry County) - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ 380 as a general area of mining; the company map shows only 5 acres. Production indicates approximately 280 acres were mined.
