Mine Index Number: 3212
| Company Name:
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Roy McMillain and Company
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| Mine Name:
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Beattie Mine
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| Start Date:
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1918
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End Date:
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1920
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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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Less than 1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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Not Shown On Map. Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining by Burning Star No. 3 Mine (mine index 930).
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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
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Randolph
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5S 6W
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18
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SW NE SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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24-35
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4.5
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
The major mining difficulty was with the roof shale, a black to dark gray shale that was fissile in places and in other areas (particularly on the northern side of the mine) was sooty and bothersome. The sooty shale came down when the coal was mined. The fissile shale slaked and fell and was gobbed in the mine. Water came in, but a day’s inflow could be pumped out in an area, and so caused little difficulty. The coal was thinner at the shaft than north and east of the shaft. Low rolls were encountered on the main east. Rooms were planned between rolls to avoid the thinnest coal. The coal was very soft, and little visible pyrite was present.
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
| 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.
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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, thickness.
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| ISGS field notes (H. E. Culver, 1923) - Mine type, mine operator, seam, geologic problems.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Randolph County) - Shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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