Mine Index Number: 3507
Company Name:
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Purity Coal Company
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Mine Name:
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Purity Mine
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Start Date:
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1938
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End Date:
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March 1955
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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52
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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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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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12
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NW SE SW
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Air shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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12
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NW SE SW
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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
ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-54
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5-1-1960
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1:4800
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1:4800
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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.
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Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Shaft location, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
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ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-54, map of St. Ellen mine (mine index 0533) - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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ISGS map library
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Map ID:
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4103.S31 i5.1-54
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Company:
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Peabody Coal Company
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Mine Name:
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St. Ellen
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Caption:
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Map Date:
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5-21-1960
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Map Status:
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Final
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Image Credit:
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Note:
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More Info:
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M0533-1
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Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/st clair/m0533-1.zip
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Photographs
Notes