Mine Index Number: 2492
| Company Name:
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Down State Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Admiral Mine
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| Start Date:
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1948
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End Date:
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1951
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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31 The area shown is too large for the reported production. Production indicates approximately 10 acres were mined. The Admiral Mine did mine pillars of previous underground mines, and the mine outline may include some disturbed land that was not mined.
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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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| Pit / tipple
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Jackson
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8S 1W
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17
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NE NE NE
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Geology
| Herrin
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40-54
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8.0-10.0
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Surface
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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
| USGS topographic map
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PR 1978
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1:24000
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1:24000
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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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| Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| De Soto Quadrangle, USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, 1968, photorevised 1978 - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
