Mine Index Number: 0706
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Midland Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Elm No. 2 or Bright Star Mine
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| Start Date:
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1942
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End Date:
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April 1972
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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4,556
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The area shown on the accompanying map islarger than expected for the reported production. Production indicates approximately 2,575 acres were mined.
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Tipple
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Fulton
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8N 3E
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20
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NW SE SE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Tipple
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Fulton
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8N 3E
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23
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SE SW SW [1]
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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40-49
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3.5-4.25
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Surface
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| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Springfield
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47-87
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3.83
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4.75
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4.25
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 17,844,677
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| NAIP digital ortho-photo quadrangles
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2004
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1:6000
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1:6000
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, geologic problems.
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| Bibliography
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| National Agriculture Imagery Program map, digital ortho-photo quadrangle map, 2004 - Mine outline.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS map library, 4103.F8 i5.1-75 - Pit identification, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ More recent tipple, after mining to the west had ceased.
