Mine Index Number: 2253
| Company Name:
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Breeds Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Breeds Mine
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| Start Date:
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1883
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End Date:
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1928
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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487 A general area of mining illustrates the mining in the Herrin Coal, as no maps are available for that production.
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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6 Springfield Coal
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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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Fulton
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8N 4E
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34
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SE SW SE
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| Air shaft
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Fulton
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8N 4E
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34
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SE SW SE
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| Escape shaft This may have been the original shaft that was deepened in 1900 from the Herrin Coal to the Springfield Coal. The escape shaft is shown as a hoist shaft symbol on the accompanying map for the Herrin Coal.
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Fulton
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8N 4E
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34
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SW NE SW
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Geology
| Herrin (1883-1899)
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112-125
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4.0-5.0
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RP
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| Springfield (1900-1928)
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166-185
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3.75
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4.2
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4.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
(Springfield Coal): The limestone cap rock ranged from 4 to 12 inches thick, and was 2 to 3 feet above the coal. The interval between the coal and the cap rock was 2 to 3 feet of clod and black shale. The cap rock had cracks, and after it had been exposed for a while, it was “almost impossible” to keep up the limestone where it had cracked. Horsebacks were not very common but caused considerable waste where they were present. Pyrite nodules up to 3 inches thick and 8 inches across were noted. The most important impurity was masses of silica-rich boulders that came up from the floor, some rising up to 3 feet above the floor
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: 2,549,943
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351569
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3-27-1926
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1:1200
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1:2317
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Mine notes (Fulton County) - Seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 351569, reel 03136, frames 344 & 345 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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