Mine Index Number: 0337
| Company Name:
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Edward Jones and Sons
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| Mine Name:
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Purity Mine
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| Start Date:
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1910
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End Date:
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1925
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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10
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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
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Randolph
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5S 6W
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35
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NW NW NW
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| Air shaft
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Randolph
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5S 6W
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35
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NW NW NW
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Geology
| Springfield
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40
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4.1
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5.2
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5.0
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RPB
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Geological Problems Reported
One northwest-trending fault was noted, with up to 1 foot vertical displacement. The roof was limestone up to 20 feet thick or up to 1 foot of black shale with concretions. Some slips were noted on the eastern side of the mine. The coal seam was very regular, with no horsebacks. An irregular pyrite band was sometimes present about 1 foot above the bottom of the coal. The underclay was 3 feet thick or more, but did not heave even when under water. The source map showed several caved areas in the southeastern part of 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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| Edward Jones and Sons According to the mine notes, the company was also known as Stanway Coal Company. According to the map, the company was known as Purity Coal Company.
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Purity
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1910-1925
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30,279
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| Total Production: 30,279
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State archive, MSHA_360
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7-25-1930
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1:1200
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1:895
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Randolph County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Randolph County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| State archive, MSHA_360, courtesy Robert Gibson, IDNR - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
