Mine Index Number: 0957
| Company Name:
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Three States Trucking, Inc.
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| Mine Name:
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De Soto No. 3 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1976
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End Date:
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1976
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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25 [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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17
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NW SE
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Geology
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 location.
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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 less than 1 acre was mined. The mine notes stated that area had previously been surface mined, although the other operators were not identified.
- ↑ The mine may have later been purchased by SIMCO, but no production was reported under that name.
