Mine Index Number: 2472
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Jesse Morgan Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Morgan Mine
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| Start Date:
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1929
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End Date:
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1943
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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3 [1]
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| Acres after map date:
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1
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main slope
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Jackson
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7S 3W
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21
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SE SE SE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Jackson
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7S 3W
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21
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SE SE SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Murphysboro
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21
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6.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was up to 1 foot of gray shale overlain by sandstone, or sandstone resting directly on the coal. The shale was thicker in places where slips cut out the coal. Rolls in the coal reportedly trended north-south.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 11,839
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 352488
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1-2-1940
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Not final
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Jackson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS field notes (Jackson County) - Geologic problems.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 352488, reel 03139, frame 179 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The mine is larger than expected for the reported production. Production before the map date indicates approximately 1 acre was mined. The mine may have had other operators before Jesse Morgan.
- ↑ Mine producing less than 1,000 tons per year were not reported from 1930 to 1933.
- ↑ Production after map date
