Mine Index Number: 3080
| Company Name:
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Big Bear Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Big Bear Mine
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| Start Date:
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1933
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End Date:
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April 1968
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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35
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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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Peoria
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9N 7E
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33
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NE NE NE
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| Air shaft
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Peoria
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9N 7E
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33
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NE NE NE
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| Air slope
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Peoria
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9N 7E
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33
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NE SW NE
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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: 115,547
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352209
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8-4-1970
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1:2400
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1:2813
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Final
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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 (Peoria County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Peoria County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 352209, reel 03138, frame 263 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
