Mine Index Number: 2772
| Company Name:
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J. A. Prickett
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| Mine Name:
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Prickett Mine
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| Start Date:
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1869
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End Date:
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1882
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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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3
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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Production prior to 1881 is unknown and the area is probably larger than 3 acres.
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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 shaft
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Madison
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4N 8W
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10
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SE NE NW
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Geology
| Herrin
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125-136
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|
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5.0-7.0
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Underground
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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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| J. A. Prickett The History of Madison County reports that Prickett purchased the mine and leased it in the fall of 1881 to the St. Louis and Edwardsville Coal Company for the term of 20 years. Production was never reported under that name.
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Prickett
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1879-1882
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16,000
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| Total Production: 16,000
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| History of Madison County
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Undated
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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)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| 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, seam, depth, thickness, ownership.
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| History of Madison County, Illinois; Published by W. R. Brink & Co., Edwardsville, Illinois, 1882 - General mine location, ownership.
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