Mine Index Number: 2468
| Company Name:
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E. H. Birkner
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| Mine Name:
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Birkner Mine
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| Start Date:
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1915
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End Date:
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1942
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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19
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| Acres after map date:
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2
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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 3W
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26
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NW NW NW
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| Air shaft
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Jackson
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7S 3W
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26
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NW NW NW
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Geology
| Murphysboro
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49-65
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7.0-8.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The source map showed a fault in the northwestern part of the mine.
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: 108,924
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352476
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7-1-1941
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1:1200
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1:1324
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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, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS field notes (Jackson County) - Depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 352476, reel 03139, frame 166 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
