Mine Index Number: 0648
| Company Name:
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Logan Highway Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Hickory Hill Mine
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| Start Date:
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1929
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End Date:
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1941
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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55
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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 slope No air shaft was found on the source map. This mine connected underground to Old Hickory Hill Mine (mine index 135), and the slope and airway for that mine were probably used for ventilation and escapement for this mine.
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Gallatin
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9S 8E
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14
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SE SW SE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The coal dips to the northeast. Platy partings of calcite and kaolinite were found 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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| Total Production: 224,872
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351534
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4-18-1941
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1:2400
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1:3312
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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 (Gallatin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems, mine name.
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| ISGS field notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 351534, reel 03136, frame 299 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
