Mine Index Number: 3127
| Company Name:
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Southern Gem Coal Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Southern Gem No. 8 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1922
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End Date:
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1923
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Acres after map date:
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Less than 1
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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 4W
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35
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NW NW SW
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Geology
| Herrin
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42
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|
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6.0
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Underground
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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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| Southern Gem Coal Corporation The mine notes indicate the mine may have also operated as Brewerton Coal Company, Brewerton No. 48 Mine. No production was listed under this name in the Coal Reports.
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Southern Gem No. 8
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1922-1923
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200
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| Total Production: 200
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Federal Land Bank Report
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10-1934
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1:126720
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1:126720
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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, mine ownership.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Perry County) - Shaft location, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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