Mine Index Number: 2489
| Company Name:
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New Muddy Valley Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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New Muddy Valley Mine
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| Start Date:
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1922
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End Date:
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1936
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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5
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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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|
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Not Shown On Map. This mine was later partially surface mined by Burning Star Surface Mine (mine index 0684).
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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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8S 1W
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17
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NE SW NW[1]
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| Air shaft
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Jackson
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8S 1W
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17
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NE SW NW[2]
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| Shaft
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Jackson
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8S 1 W
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17
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SW SW NW
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Geology
| Springfield
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46-75
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|
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3.5-4.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
A few rolls were present in the mine. One roll was very large.
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
| State archive, IL_2065_01
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11-6-1934
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1:1200
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1:1200
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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, geologic problems.
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| ISGS field notes (Jackson County) - Depth, thickness.
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| State archive, IL_2065_01 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
![[[:New Muddy Valley|New Muddy Valley]]](https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/jackson/thumbnails/m2489_IL_2065_01_th.jpg) These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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State Archive
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| Map ID:
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IL_2065_01
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| Company:
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New Muddy Valley Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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New Muddy Valley
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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11-06-1934
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| Map Status:
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Not Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M2489 IL 2065 01
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/jackson/m2489 IL 2065 01.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining.
- ↑ Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining.
- ↑ This mine may have operated in 1930, but production was not reported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year. The mine may have been idle 1927-1929 or may have operated under another name (see the unlocated mines at the back of this report).
- ↑ Production after map date.
