Mine Index Number: 3199
| Company Name:
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Roseborough Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Roseborough No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1875
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End Date:
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1903
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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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95
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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 shaft
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Randolph
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5S 5W
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21
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NE NE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Robert H. Roseborough
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Roseborough
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pre1875-1895 Production and years of operation before 1878 are not known, although the 1875 atlas indicates the mine was established prior to that year. The 1879 Coal Report indicates 5 acres were mined.
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300,911
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| Total Production: 486,274
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Atlas Map of Randolph County
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1875
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1:31680
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1:31680
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Secondary source
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| Federal Land Bank Report
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7-1934
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1:126720
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1:126720
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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, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Randolph County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Randolph County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth.
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| ISGS field notes (Randolph County) - Thickness.
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| Atlas Map of Randolph County, 1875 - Shaft location, years of operation.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Randolph County) - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
