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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|
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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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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
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ 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.
