Mine Index Number: 3154
| Company Name:
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New Jupiter Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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New Jupiter Mine
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| Start Date:
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1920
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End Date:
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1936
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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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2
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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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6S 1W
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16
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SW NW NW
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| Air shaft
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Perry
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6S 1W
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16
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SW NW NW
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Geology
| Herrin
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32
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|
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6.5
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
Top coal (1.5 feet) was left to support the roof. This operation had 7 acres of unworked coal ground surrounded by old works. They holed into the Jupiter Mine (mine index 3153) so that the drainage water from New Jupiter would flow into the old works.
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
| WPA, T6S-R1W
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1940
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1:12000
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1:55096
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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, geologic problems.
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| WPA, T6S-R1W - Shaft locations.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The mine notes indicate Ray Campbell owned or operated New Jupiter Coal Company.
- ↑ Idle 1928 & 1929
- ↑ Mines producing less than 10,000 tons were not reported in 1922, and mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year were not reported 1930-1932. Production is likely to be higher than shown.
