Mine Index Number: 3274
| Company Name:
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Junction Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Junction Mine
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| Start Date:
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Unknown
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End Date:
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1909
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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9
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| Acres after map date:
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75
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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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Menard
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18N 7W
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11
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NE SW SE
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| Air / escape shaft
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Menard
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18N 7W
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11
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NE SW SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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65-100
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|
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5.5-6.0
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MRP
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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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| Total Production: 395,707
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352227
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3-1-1880
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unknown
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1:3900
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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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Menard County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Microfilm map, document 352227, reel 03138, frame 285 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.
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| Plat of Menard County, 1874, published by George A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 352227
Map Date: 3-1-1880
Coal Co.: Junction Coal Company
Mine Name: Junction Mine
Full Res Download
Plat map:
Map Date: 1874
Coal Co.: Petersburg Coal Company
Mine Name: Petersburg No. 1 Mine
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production prior to 1882 unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 10 acres were mined. The mine was shown on the 1874 plat, but the precise opening year is unknown.
- ↑ Production after map date
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