Mine Index Number: 3114
| Company Name:
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Victory Coal and Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Victory No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1903
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End Date:
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February 1925
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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63
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| Acres after map date:
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24
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Not Shown On Map. The mine outline is not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining by Burning Star No. 2 Mine (mine index 864).
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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 2W
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36
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SW SE NE
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| Air shaft
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Perry
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5S 2W
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36
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SE SW NE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The rood was black shale varying from a few inches to several feet thick. In some places, black shale was replaced by gray shale. Above the shale was a limestone that ranged from 10 inches to 16 feet thick.
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: 348,314
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| WPA, T5S-R2W and T5S-R1W
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7-1923 The WPA map was not dated (circa 1934), but the mine outline had a survey date of 7-1923. The source maps labeled the mine as Victory No. 5 Mine, although production was reported as the No. 2 Mine.
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1:12000
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1:42240
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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 (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| WPA maps, T5S-R2W and T5S-R1W - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
