Mine Index Number: 2911
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Bremen Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Bremen Mine
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| Start Date:
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1882
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End Date:
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1894
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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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33
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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 Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft [1]
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Macoupin
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9N 9W
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2
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NW NW SW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Colchester
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240
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2.83-3.67
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LW (old longwall)
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 26,210
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Federal Land Bank Report
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4-1934
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1:126720
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1:126720
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Macoupin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Macoupin County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Macoupin County) - Shaft location, general area of mining.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: Macoupin County
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Federal Land Bank Report
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| Map ID:
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Macoupin County
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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4-1934
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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Clipped version of the Federal Land Bank Report.
Full Federal Land Bank (Quade) Download
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| More Info:
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Hettick quade
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ This mine also had an escapement shaft, but no source for escapement shaft has been found.
- ↑ not operated 1888-1893 due to lack of escapement shaft
