Mine Index Number: 3120
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Donk Brothers
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| Mine Name:
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Beaucoup Mine
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| Start Date:
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1872
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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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65
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Perry
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5S 3W
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14
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SW NW SW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Perry
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5S 3W
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14
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SW NW SW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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174-200
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5.0-6.0
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MRP
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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: 74,101
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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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| Microfilm, document 352127
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11-1920
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1:2400
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1:4634
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 352127, reel 03138, frames 133 and 134, map of Pinckneyville No. 5 Mine (mine index 90) - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| McDonough and Co. (publishers), 1883, Combined History of Randolph, Monroe and Perry Counties, Illinois, published by J. L. McDonogh and Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvanie - Mine history.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production before 1882 is not known. According to Combined History of Randolph, Monroe and Perry Counties, Illinois, the town of Beaucoup Mines was laid out in 1873 by George W. Wall, president, and William K. Murphy, secretary, of Beaucoup Coal Mining Company. The company was organized in 1870, and the shaft was drilled in 1872. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 25 acres were mined.
- ↑ Production before 1882 is not known. According to Combined History of Randolph, Monroe and Perry Counties, Illinois, the town of Beaucoup Mines was laid out in 1873 by George W. Wall, president, and William K. Murphy, secretary, of Beaucoup Coal Mining Company. The company was organized in 1870, and the shaft was drilled in 1872. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 25 acres were mined.
