Mine Index Number: 3172
| Company Name:
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Alfred Phillips
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| Mine Name:
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Phillips Mine
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| Start Date:
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Unknown
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End Date:
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Unknown
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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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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
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Perry
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6S 2W
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16
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SE SW NW
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| Shaft
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Perry
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6S 2W
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16
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SE SW NW
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| Slope
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Perry
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6S 2W
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16
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SE SW NW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The roof was 1 foot of shale below limestone. The seam consisted of 13 inches of top coal, a 1/8 inch parting of shale, a 59-inch middle bench with another 1/8 inch parting, 1.5 inches of blue band, and 13 inches of bottom coal. The pyrite was most common in the middle bench.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Alfred Phillips No production was listed in the Coal Reports under this name. The WPA map identifies the mines at this location as Chris Heisner, which also was not included in the Coal Reports. The mine may have operated under another name (see the unlocated mines at the back of this report).
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Phillips
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| WPA, T6S-R2W
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Undated
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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)
| 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, geologic problems.
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| WPA, T6S-R2W - Shaft locations, mine outline, mine names.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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