Mine Index Number: 3621
| Company Name:
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Marissa Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Okay Mine
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| Start Date:
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1888
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End Date:
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December 1948
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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372
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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 (6.5 x 13 feet)
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St. Clair
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3S 6W
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26
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SE SW SW
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| Air shaft
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St. Clair
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3S 6W
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26
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SE SW SW
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Geology
| Herrin
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120
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6.0
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8.0
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6.5
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
Two faults were noted, 650 feet south of the shaft. One was traced 150 feet through contiguous rooms. The roof consisted of 0 to 5 feet of shale with limestone above. The shale contained pyrite balls of varying sizes. According to the mine notes, the miners said these pyrite balls indicated a good roof that had little tendency to fall. The coal seam contained numerous minor slips. The coal immediately above the blue band had pyrite & clay bands scattered throughout the layer. The blue band ranged from 0.25 to 1 inch thick and consisted of shale and pyrite. The coal under the blue band ranged from 17 to 22 inches. The floor was 3 inches to 1.5 feet of fire clay. A small amount of heaving was noted long after an area was mined.
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: 2,443,095
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State archive, IL_115_03
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4-24-1952
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1:2400
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1:2400
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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 (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft location & size, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| State archive, IL_115_03 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
