Mine Index Number: 0630
| Company Name:
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McDonald Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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McDonald Mine
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| Start Date:
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1934
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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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7
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| Acres after map date:
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7
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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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15
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SE SW SW
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| Air shaft
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Randolph
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5S 6W
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15
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SE SW SW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The roof was 11 feet of limestone above 10 feet of shale. The coal was thickest near the shaft and thinned in the northern entries. Many lenses and bands of pyrite were noted in the coal.
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 353346
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4-10-1940
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1:2400
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1:2151
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Not 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, geologic problems.
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| ISGS field notes (E. T. Benson, 1935) - Depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 353346, reel 03142, frame 336 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
