Mine Index Number: 0684
| Company Name:
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Truax Traer Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Burning Star Surface Mine
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| Start Date:
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1925
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End Date:
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June 1966
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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2,198
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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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| Tipple
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Jackson
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7S 2W
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36
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SW SE SW
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| Pit
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Jackson
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7S 2W
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36
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SE SW
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Geology
| Herrin
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17-38
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5.0-7.0
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Surface
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| Springfield
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50-70
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3.0-3.5
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
The Herrin Coal contained pyrite nodules up to 0.5 inches thick. Calcite & pyrite were abundant on vertical fractures.
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
| Company, 4103.J31 i5.1-15
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7-24-1950
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1:4800
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1:4800
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Final / not final The source map was final for the pits in the Herrin Coal seam, in the northeastern part of the mine. The map was not final for the pits in the Springfield Coal seam, in the southern part of the mine. The secondary source maps were used for the final outline.
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| USGS topographic map, DeSoto Quadrangle
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PR 1978
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| USGS topographic map, Murphysboro Quadrangle
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PR 1978
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| USGS topographic map, Vergennes Quadrangle
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1968
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| NAIP digital ortho-photo quadrangle
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2015
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1:6000
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1:6000
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Secondary source
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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 (Jackson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, pit locations, seam, geologic problems.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-15 - Tipple location, mine outline, mining method, seam.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-34 - General pit outline, seam.
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| Company map, Coal Section files, 6-253b - General pit outline, seam.
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| De Soto Quadrangle, USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, 1968, photorevised 1978 - Partial mine outline.
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| Murphysboro Quadrangle, USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, 1968, photorevised 1978 - Partial mine outline.
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| Vergennes Quadrangle, USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, 1968 - Partial mine outline.
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| National Agriculture Imagery Program map, digital ortho-photo quadrangle map - Mine outline (Herrin Coal).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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