Mine Index Number: 2444
| Company Name:
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Elkville Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Elkville Mine
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| Start Date:
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1936
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End Date:
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1940
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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2
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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 shaft
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Jackson
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7S 1W
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20
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NW NE NW
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| Air shaft
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Jackson
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7S 1W
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20
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NW NE NW
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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
| Microfilm, document 352522
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5-1-1964
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1:2400
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1:4800
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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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| ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.
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| Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microf 22, reel 03139, frames 241 & 242, map of Elk Mine (mine index 692) - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Microfilm map, document 352481, reel 03139, frame 172 - Mine identity This map was not used as the primary source map because the surface coordinates shown are not on the topographic map, and georegistration process would have resulted in more inaccuracy than using a secondary source for the mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
