Mine Index Number: 0723
| Company Name:
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Maud Station Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Maud Station Mine
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| Start Date:
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1936
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End Date:
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1942
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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1
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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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Wabash
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1S 13W
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27
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SW SW NW
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| Air shaft
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Wabash
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1S 13W
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27
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SE SW NW
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Geology
| Friendsville
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38-46
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2.0
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4.5
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3.5
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The immediate roof above the coal was 2 to 12 inches of clod or draw slate. Above the clod, 0 to 4 feet of limestone was present, with shale or silty shale above the limestone. The top portion of the coal was canneloid in places. The bottom portion (up to 12 inches) of the coal seam was a silty bone coal referred to as “black jack” or merely “jack”.
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
| Mine notes (sketch by J. M. Schopf)
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9-30-1942
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Secondary source
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| ISGS map library, 4107 d5-77
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10-1942
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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 (Wabash County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Wabash County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, mining method, mine outline.
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| ISGS field notes (Wabash County) - Mine type, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| ISGS map library, 4107 d5-77, field map of J. M. Schopf - Shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The mine was listed in the 1938 Coal Report as “Maud Station Mine”. The operator or company is not known, and may be the previous or subsequent owner, or someone else entirely.
