Mine Index Number: 3214
| Company Name:
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Black Diamond Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Black Diamond Mine
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| Start Date:
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1926
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End Date:
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1937
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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Less than 1 acre
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| Acres after map date:
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Less than 1 acre
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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 6W
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19
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NW NE NE
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Geology
| Springfield
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28-32
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3.5
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5.0
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4.5
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RPB
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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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| George E. Adamson
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Adamson
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1928-1933 Idle 1929. Production was not reported from 1930 to 1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year.
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130 Idle 1929. Production was not reported from 1930 to 1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State Archive, MSHA_174_01
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8-1933
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1:600
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1:600
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.
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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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| State Archive, MSHA_174_01, courtesy Robert Gibson, IDNR - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
