Mine Index Number: 3253
| Company Name:
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Brookshaw and Company
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| Mine Name:
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Gold Hill Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1881
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End Date:
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1883
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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Noneproduction indicates approximately 6 acres were mined, in addition to the 2 acres mined before production was reported in 1882.
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| Acres after map date:
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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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Perry
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6S 1W
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8
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NW NE SE
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| Air shaft
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Perry
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6S 1W
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8
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NW NE SE
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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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| Brookshaw and Company
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Gold Hil
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pre1881-1883Production and years of operation before 1882 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report states that 2 acres were mined.
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31,210
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| WPA, T6S-R1W
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1940
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1:12000
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1:55096
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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, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| WPA map, T6S-R1W - Shaft locations.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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