Mine Index Number: 3305
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Burton Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Burton Mine
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| Start Date:
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1925
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End Date:
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1950
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None[1]
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main slope
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Saline
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9S 7E
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23
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SE SW SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Springfield
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RP
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Idle
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1939-1946
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 8,400
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Federal Land Bank Report
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1-12-1934
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1:90514
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1:90514
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Saline County) - Slope location, general area of mining.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production indicates approximately 2 acres were mined.
- ↑ Idle 1936
- ↑ Production was not reported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year.
