Mine Index Number: 0634
| Company Name:
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Service Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Service No. 6 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1922
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End Date:
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April 1955
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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51 The boundary between Service No. 6 Mine and Pinckneyville No. 5 Mine can not be discerned on the source maps.
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| Acres after map date:
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40
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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 No air shaft was shown on the source map. Ventilation was probably achieved via the underground connections with Pinckneyville No. 5 Mine (mine index 90).
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Perry
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5S 3W
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23
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SE NW NW
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Geology
| Herrin
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145-178
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6.0-7.5
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The source map shows a fault in NE NE 22-T5S-R3W.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Abandoned and idle
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Southern Gem No. 6
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1926-1932 The 1935-1944 mine map indicated the 1931 mine extensions were from an Interstate Coal Company map. The mine may have operated between 1930 and 1932 and produced less than 1,000 tons per year. Such mines were not listed in the Coal Reports during that period.
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| Beaucoup Coal Company No air shaft was shown on the source map. Ventilation was probably achieved via the underground connections with Pinckneyville No. 5 Mine (mine index 90).
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Beaucoup No. 6
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1933-1950 Idle 1950
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352,500
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| Total Production: 559,958
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352111
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11-21-1955
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1:2400
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1:3972
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam.
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| Microfilm map, document 352111, reel 03138, frame 105 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
