Mine Index Number: 2848
Company Name:
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Salem Coal Company
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Mine Name:
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Salem Mine
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Start Date:
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1886
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End Date:
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1907
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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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26
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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 shaft
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Marion
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2N 2E
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11
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SE SW SW
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Geology
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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Total Production: 101,202
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Federal Land Bank Report
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1-1936
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1:126720
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1:126720
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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, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Marion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine notes (Marion County) - Shaft location.
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Federal Land Bank Report (Marion County) - Shaft location, general area of mining.
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Sanborn-Perris Fire Insurance Map, 1908 - Shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes