Mine Index Number: 2278
| Company Name:
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Gus Blair
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| Mine Name:
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Big Muddy No. 3 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1927
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End Date:
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1939
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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33 The mine is larger than expected for the reported production. Other operators may have mined here before Big Muddy No. 3 Mine.
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| Acres after map date:
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3
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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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Jackson
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8S 2W
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31
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NW SE SE
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| Air shaft
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Jackson
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8S 2W
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31
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NW SE SE
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Geology
| Murphysboro
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15-50
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3.5-4.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
Southward expansion may have been halted by a fault noted on the source map. A few small slips with less than 2 ft displacement were noted, but their effect on mining was insignificant. These were more common in the southern part of the mine. The coal was split into two benches, with a shale parting 10 inches from the bottom of the seam. Pyrite was present in bands that locally thickened to lenses and balls.
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 352496
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5-1937
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1:1200
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1:1572
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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.
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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, slope location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| ISGS field notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, depth.
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| Microfilm map, document 352496, reel 03139, frame 188 - Slope/shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
