Mine Index Number: 3163
| Company Name:
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Star Coal Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Star Mine
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| Start Date:
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1881
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End Date:
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1886
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None production indicates approximately 22 acres were mined, and another 20 acres were reportedly mined before 1882.
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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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| New shaft
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Perry
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6S 1W
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20
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SW SW NW
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| Old shaft
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Perry
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6S 1W
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20
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SE NW NW
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| Air shaft
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Perry
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6S 1W
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20
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SW NW NW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The mine was abandoned because of bad roof in the mine, and a poor market for coal.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Horn and Company
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Star
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pre1881-1884 Years and production before 1881 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 20 acres were mined.
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94,160
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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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1:55095
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Secondary source
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| ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-70
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10-1934
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1:63360
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1:63360
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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, geologic problems.
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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) - Seam, depth, thickness.
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| WPA map, T6S-R1W - Shaft locations, mining method.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-70 - Mine name, shaft locations.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
