Mine Index Number: 3125
| Company Name:
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Southern Gem Coal Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Southern Gem No. 7 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1919
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End Date:
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1925
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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53
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| Acres after map date:
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13
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The southern part of the mine was later surface-mined by Burning Star No. 4 Mine (mine index 932).
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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 (8 x 14 ft)
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Perry
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5S 4W
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34
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SE SE SW
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| Air shaft (8 x 12 ft) [1]
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Perry
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5S 4W
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34
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SW SE SW
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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: 346,648
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352085
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8-1923
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1:1200
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1:2151
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type.
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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, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 352085, reel 03138, frames 65 and 66 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The location is designated "old shaft" on the source map.
- ↑ The mine was shown on a Coal Section field map as grasshopper Mine.
- ↑ Production after map date
