Mine Index Number: 0720
| Company Name:
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Auld and Cruitt
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| Mine Name:
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Auld and Cruitt No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1926
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End Date:
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1937
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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11
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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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Shelby
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11N 4E
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5
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NE SE SE
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Geology
| Shelbyville
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75
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1.5
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2.5
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1.67
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof consisted of 2 to 4 feet of draw slate below soapstone. The seam contained no marked irregularities or persistent impurities. Blackjack was occasionally seen, as well as pyrite bands up to 1/8inch thick. The coal was exceptionally brittle and readily chipped into small flakes. The coal was dull, with no parallel-to-bedding banding.
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
| USGS topographic map
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1942
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1:62500
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1:62500
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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 (Shelby County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Shelby County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| USGS 15-minute topographic map, Shelbyville Quadrangle, 1942 - Shaft location.
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