Mine Index Number: 0775
| Company Name:
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DuQuoin Operating Company
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| Mine Name:
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Davis Mine
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| Start Date:
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1903
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End Date:
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May 1915
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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273
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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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Perry
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6S 1W
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15
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SE SW NW
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| Air shaft
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Perry
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6S 1W
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15
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SE SW NW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
A large northeast-southwest trending fault was identified on the company map. The fault was in the western part of the mine, but east of the shaft.
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
| Microfilm, document 352117
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3-1927
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1:2400
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1:4138
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Secondary source
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| Microfilm, document 352105
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2-25-1954
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1:12000
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1:2400
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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, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 352117, reel 03138, frames 115-118, map of Paradise Mine (mine index 54) - Shaft locations, mine outline (northern), mining method.
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| Microfilm map, document 352105, reel 03138, frames 94, 95, map of Peabody No. 14 Mine (mine index 180) - Mine outline (southern).
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-42, sheets 1 & 2 - Air shaft location identification, geologic problems (map not georegistered, dated 1913).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Additional Notes
