Mine Index Number: 3161
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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McCormack and George
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| Mine Name:
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Little White Ash Mine
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| Start Date:
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1922
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End Date:
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1942
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| Type of Mine:
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| Total acres shown:
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| Acres after map date:
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Perry
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6S 1W
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19
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SW SE SW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Perry
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6S 1W
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19
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SW SE SW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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58
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7.5
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The source map shows a fault at the southeastern corner of the mine.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 39,707
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 352141
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6-1939
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1:600
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1:745
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Not final
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 352141, reel 03138, frame 157 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The ownership changed in 1940 from Marian Lambert to Albert Patrick, but the mine continued to report under the name Little White Ash Coal Company. A 1937 source map was listed as the Lambert & Beard Mine
- ↑ Idle 1941
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Production after map date
