Mine Index Number: 3139
| Company Name:
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Morgan and Dorcine
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| Mine Name:
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New Moon Mine
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| Start Date:
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1916
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End Date:
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1941
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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4
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| Acres after map date:
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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 slope The presence of an air slope immediately southeast of the haulage slope can be deduced from the source map. Other airways were also present from 1938 to 1941 from the surface mine northwest of the slope entrance to the mine. The mine is so small on the accompanying map that the addition of the air slope symbol would obscure the main slope symbol, and the airway symbol has not been added.
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Perry
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6S 1W
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8
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SE NE SE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The slope was sunk into a hill on the east side of a small surface mine. They ran into old workings that nearby residents had no idea who operated it. People in the proximity of the mine did know of a nearby mine that operated around 1882, so the old workings were possibly much older. Very little pyrite was visible. The blue band was almost invisible here.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| T . J. Howell
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New Moon
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1918-1930 Mines producing less than 10,000 tons in 1922 were not reported; idle 1925-1928; mines producing less than 1,000 tons were not reported in 1930
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11,559
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-18
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2-8-1939
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Secondary source
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| Microfilm, document 352083
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3-13-1936
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1:1200
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1:993
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Not final
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| Microfilm, document 352120
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2-8-1938
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1:1200
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1:993
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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, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS field notes (Perry County), E. T. Benson, 8-26-1934 - Geologic problems.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-18, map of Energy Mine (mine index 3140) - Mine outline, mining method.
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| Microfilm map, document 352083, reel 03138, frame 63 - Air slope location.
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| Microfilm map, document 352120, reel 03138, frame 124, map of Energy Mine (mine index 3140) - Slope location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
