Mine Index Number: 0856
| Company Name:
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Midland Electric Coal Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Green Diamond Mine
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| Start Date:
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1948
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End Date:
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March 1966
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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2,429
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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 slope
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St. Clair
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3S 6W
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16
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SW SW SW
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| Air shaft
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St. Clair
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3S 6W
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16
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NW SW SW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Rolls were present locally, and the contact between the coal and the roof shale was very irregular. The mine maps indicated bad top in several locations throughout the mine (central, south-central, northwest, and along the eastern perimeter).
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 13,326,545
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State archive, PB_145_01
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3-20-1966
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, geologic problems.
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| State archive, PB_145_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Former ownership also includes Peabody Coal Company and Walter Bledsoe & Company (production not reported under these names).
![[[:Green Diamond|Green Diamond]]](https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/st_clair/thumbnails/m0856_PB_145_01_th.jpg)