Mine Index Number: 0606
| Company Name:
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Truax Traer Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Burning Star Underground Mine
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| Start Date:
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1941
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End Date:
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October 1965
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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1,837
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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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| Slope
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Jackson
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8S 1W
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4
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SW NE NW
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| Drift
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Jackson
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8S 1W
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6
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NE NW NW (2 drifts)
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| Air drift
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Jackson
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8S 1W
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6
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NE NW NW
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| Drift
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Jackson
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7S 2W
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36
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NE SE NE
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| Air drift
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Jackson
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7S 2W
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36
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NE NE NE
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| Drift
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Jackson
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7S 2W
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25
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SE NE SE (5 drifts)
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| Drift
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Jackson
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7S 2W
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25
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NE SE SE
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| Air shaft
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Jackson
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7S 1W
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33
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NE SE SW
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| Air shaft
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Jackson
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7S 1W
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32
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NW SE SW
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| Air shaft
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Jackson
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7S 1W
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31
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SW SW SE
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Geology
| Herrin
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40-130
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6.0-7.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was difficult to keep up near the slope and to the south, which may have been related to the split coal area. The drift entrance accessed coal with a normal marine roof (black slatey shale, sometimes underlain by gray shale, with a limestone caprock). Most of the Burning Star slope had a gray shale roof, with the associated low sulfur content of the “Quality Circle” coal. A large fault runs from the northwest to the southeast through the center 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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352518
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10-9-1965
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11:2400
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1:5297
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.
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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, slope location, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 352518, reel 03139, frames 232-237 - Shaft, drift & slope locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Additional Notes
