Mine Index Number: 3231
| Company Name:
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Percy Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Percy Mine
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| Start Date:
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1912
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End Date:
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1941
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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32
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The mine is smaller than expected for the reported production, which would indicate approximately 52 acres were mined. The coal may have been thicker than reported, and pillar extraction may have been practiced.
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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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NW NE NW
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| Air shaft
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Randolph
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6S 5W
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14
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NW NE NW
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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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| Total Production: 218,411
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 353340
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4-6-1942
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1:1200
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1:1737
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Final
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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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| Microfilm map, document 353340, reel 03142, frame 324 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The mine was also known as Lemming and Blair
- ↑ Mines producing less than 10,000 tons were not reported in 1922.
