Mine Index Number: 3227
| Company Name:
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General Madison Miller
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| Mine Name:
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Miller Mine
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| Start Date:
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Before 1876
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End Date:
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1882
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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. This mine is not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining by Streamline Mine (mine index 872).
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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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6S 5W
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14
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NE NE SW
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Geology
| Herrin
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50-57
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|
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5.5-6.0
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Underground
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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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| General Madison Miller
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Miller
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pre1876-1882 Production and years of operation before 1876 are not known. The 1879 Coal Report indicates 6 acres were mined
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2,360 Production and years of operation before 1876 are not known. The 1879 Coal Report indicates 6 acres were mined
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| Total Production: 2,360 Production and years of operation before 1876 are not known. The 1879 Coal Report indicates 6 acres were mined
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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, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Randolph County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ISGS field notes (Randolph County) - Mine location, mine name.
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| Atlas of Illinois, 1876, Warner & Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Shaft location, years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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