Mine Index Number: 3288
| Company Name:
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Liberty Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Liberty Mine
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| Start Date:
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1927
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End Date:
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1940
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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3
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| Acres after map date:
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1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Most of the mine was later surface-mined by Sahara No. 6 Mine (mine index 0638).
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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 slope
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Saline
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9S 6E
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29
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NE NW NW Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining.
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| Air shaft
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Saline
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9S 6E
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29
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NE NW NW Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining.
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352772
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3-1939
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1:1200
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1:1406
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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 (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, slope location.
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| Microfilm map, document 352772, reel 03140, frame 294 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
