Mine Index Number: 0778
| Company Name:
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R. C. Jennings and Son
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| Mine Name:
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Jennings No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1956
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End Date:
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1956
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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Less than 1
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The outline is not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining by the New Burnside Mine (mine index 0893) that expanded the mined area.
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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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| Pit or tipple
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Johnson
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11S 4E
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8
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NE NW NE
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Geology
| New Burnside
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15
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3.5
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
The overburden was a massive sandstone. In some places, 6 inches to 6 feet of shale-pebble conglomerate was directly over the coal. The seam contained occasional discontinuous pyrite bands, but was remarkably clean.
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 352470
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5-29-1956
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1:1200
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1:1324
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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 (Johnson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Johnson County) - Mine type, mine location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 352470, reel 03139, frame 157 - Mine location, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
