Mine Index Number: 3108
| Company Name:
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Sun Coal and Coke Company
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| Mine Name:
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Sun No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1881
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End Date:
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1884
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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80 The mine is larger than expected for the reported production plus the area mined before production was reported. The area shown on the accompanying map may be a general area of mining that is 30 acres larger than expected.
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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 shaft
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Perry
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5S 1W
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29
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SW SW NW
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| Air shaft
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Perry
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5S 1W
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29
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SW SE NW
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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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| Sun Mining Company Reported under John Buck, Superintendent. The mine was named Black Diamond Coal Company on the Federal Land Bank Report map. The town of Sunfield was previously known as Diamond, and it is likely that the town and mines in the area were all named for the coal that was so prevalent here.
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Sun No. 2
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pre1881-1883Production and years of operation before 1882 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 30 acres were mined.
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74,740
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| WPA, T5S-R1W
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1940
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1:12000
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1:55096
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Secondary source
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| ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-70
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10-1934
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1:63360
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1:63360
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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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Perry County) - Shaft location.
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| WPA map, T5S-R1W - Shaft locations, mine outline.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-70, work map of John C. Quade for Federal Land Bank Report - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
