Mine Index Number: 3686
| Company Name:
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Schafer Brothers Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Schafer No. 6 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1919
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End Date:
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March 1938
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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2
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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5
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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 slope
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Vermilion
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19N 11W
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17
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NE SE SE [1]
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| Air shaft
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Vermilion
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19N 11W
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17
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NE SE SE [2]
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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 352982
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4-1-1938
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1:1200
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1:993
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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 (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 352982, reel 03141, frame 125 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 352982
Map Date: 4-1-1938
Coal Co.: Schafer Brothers Coal Company
Mine Name: Schafer No. 6 Mine
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ These are the same shafts used for Schafer No. 7 Mine (mine index 3685).
- ↑ These are the same shafts used for Schafer No. 7 Mine (mine index 3685).
- ↑ According to the Department of Mines & Minerals, mining took place in the Herrin Coal after 1915 for a short period and the mine was abandoned and later re-opened. After 1938, the Herrin Coal was abandoned and the Danville Coal was mined (see Schafer No. 7 Mine, mine index 3685).
- ↑ W. E., E. G. and A. G. Schafer
