Mine Index Number: 2771
| Company Name:
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Black Diamond Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Young Mine
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| Start Date:
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1943
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End Date:
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1958
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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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| Production Indicated Acres:
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1
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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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| Shaft
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Madison
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4N 7W
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29
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NW corner NE NW SW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Ironstone concretions were noted in the gray shale roof. In the upper part of the shale, some of the concretions were 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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| Black Diamond Coal Company
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Young
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1943 The date is extrapolated from mine notes written in 1958, stating that the shaft was reportedly sunk 15 years ago. 15 from 1958 equals 1943.
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0 The shaft was sunk in 1943, but no production was reported. This does not appear to be the same Black Diamond Coal Company mine that operated in 1931 listed in the unlocated mines in Madison County.
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| Forsythe-Carterville Coal Company
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Forsythe-Carterville
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1958
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0 The shaft was pumped out in 7 hours in November 1958 and an eastbound entry was driven about 8 feet to get a 4 to 5 ton sample for a pilot scale coke test for the ISGS. Channel samples were taken in two sites along the entry. No production was recorded in the Coal Reports.
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Production Notes
This does not appear to be the same Black Diamond Coal Company mine that operated in 1931 listed in the unlocated mines in Madison County
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Mine notes
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Undated
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1:62500
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Madison County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Madison County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
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