Mine Index Number: 0725
| Company Name:
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Richard Cardon
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| Mine Name:
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Black Diamond Mine
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| Start Date:
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1923
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End Date:
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1929
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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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| Production Indicated Acres:
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2
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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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23
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NE SW NE
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| Air shaft
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Wabash
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1S 13W
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23
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SE SW NE
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Geology
| Friendsville
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44-52
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2.0
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5.0
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3.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
A slabby sandstone was sometimes directly above the coal, but was generally separated from the coal by gray shale and bastard limestone. The coal contained 2 to 3 inches of black jack, but in some places, the black jack was up to 2 feet thick. The black jack was estimated to make up 10 to 15% of the volume of the coal. Calcite facings along the cleats were common. A clay parting was sometimes present near the center of the seam.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Richard Cardon
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Black DiamondAccording to ISGS field notes, the mine was known locally as the Hockgeiger Mine.
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1927-1929
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3,422 Production after map date
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 353021
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1-8-1925
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1:600
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1:703
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Not final
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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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| ISGS field notes (Wabash County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 353021, reel 03141, frame 190 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
