Mine Index Number: 0689
Company Name:
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Freeman Coal Mining Corporation
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Mine Name:
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Freeman No. 3 Mine
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Start Date:
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1948
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End Date:
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September 1955
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Type of Mine:
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854
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Total acres shown:
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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 shaft
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Williamson
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8S 2E
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10
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SE SW NW
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Air shaft
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Williamson
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8S 2E
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10
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NW NW SW
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Geology
Herrin
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211-217
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8.33-8.5
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The source maps show two large, parallel northwest-trending faults in the northwestern part of the workings. The northeastern fault has 20 feet of throw, the southwestern has 10 to 60 feet of displacement.
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: 5,705,788
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Microfilm, document 353246
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9-27-1955
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1:2400
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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 (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam.
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Microfilm map, document 353246, reel 03142, frame 187 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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W.J. Nelson (ISGS), Catalog of Coal Mines in Williamson County, 2003 - Geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 353246
Map Date: 9-27-1955
Coal Co.: Freeman Coal Mining Corporation
Mine Name: Freeburn No. 3 Mine
Full Res Download
Photographs
Notes