Mine Index Number: 2496
| Company Name:
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Louis L. McDonald
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| Mine Name:
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McDonald Mine
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| Start Date:
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1928
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End Date:
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1939
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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10 Production indicates approximately 6 acres were 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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| Main slope
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Jackson
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9S 1W
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23
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NE SW NE
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| Air shaft
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Jackson
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9S 1W
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23
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NE SW NE
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Geology
| Murphysboro
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60-84
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4.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The source map showed three faults in the southwestern part of the mine. One fault was mined through, and the other two faults halted expansion in that direction.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| East Side Coal Company Operated by Lauder in 1933, according to field notes, and has been referred to Lauder Mine on previous ISGS maps.
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East Side
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1928-1936
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14,039
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352479
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3-22-1939
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1:1200
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1:1200
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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, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 352479, reel 03139, frame 170 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
