Mine Index Number: 2506
| Company Name:
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Schmidgall Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Schmidgall Mine
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| Start Date:
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Before 1936
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End Date:
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Unknown
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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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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7S 4W
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36
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SE NW
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Geology
| Murphysboro
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18
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3.0-4.0
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
The mine was full of water when visited in 1936. According to G. H. Cady, the mine failed because the ash content was very high where the coal thickened from 3 feet to 4 feet.
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 (G. H. Cady)
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9-5-1936
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Jackson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ISGS field notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, slope location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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