Mine Index Number: 2505
| Company Name:
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John Douglas Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Douglas Mine
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| Start Date:
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1927
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End Date:
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1940
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
|
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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20 [1]
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|
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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 drift
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Jackson
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9S 3W
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10
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SE SE NW
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Geology
| Murphysboro
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65-80
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4.25
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4.0
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
A bone coal layer, varying from 1 to 1.5 inches thick, was noted 6 inches from the bottom of the seam.
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
| ISGS field notes (M. W. Fuller)
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8-29-1933
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(text only)
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1:24000 [4]
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Secondary source
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| Federal Land Bank Report
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10-27-1934
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1:143457
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1:143457
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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 type, drift location, seam, depth, geologic problems.
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| ISGS field notes (Jackson County) - Thickness.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Jackson County) - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ General area of mining; production indicates approximately 1 acre was mined.
- ↑ Mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year were not reported from 1930 to 1933; idle 1937.
- ↑ Operated by Howard Worthen in 1940
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized. A microfilm map was available for the Douglas Mine (document 352511, reel 03139, frame 216), but the map has no north arrow, and no reference points, such as section corners or lines, or even a text description of the mine location.
