Mine Index Number: 0874
| Company Name:
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Farley Brothers Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Black Dot No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1957
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End Date:
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1964
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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163 [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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| Pit / tipple
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Jackson
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8S 1W
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16
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NW
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Geology
| Springfield
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24-40
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|
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4.25
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
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
| USGS topographic map
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PR 1978
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1:24000
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1:24000
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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 (Jackson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| De Soto Quadrangle, USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, 1968, photorevised 1978 - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
- ↑ Production indicates approximately 43 acres were mined. The area shown is too large for the reported production and may include areas mined by others and expanded by the Black Dot No. 2.
