Mine Index Number: 3702
| Company Name:
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Ramsey and Bracewell
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| Mine Name:
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Old Star Mine
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| Start Date:
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1899
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End Date:
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1939
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Production indicates approximately 45 acres were mined. A general area of mining has been added to the accompanying map to show the area probably undermined by this mine, on the eastern side of the general area of mining designating the Donaldson-Fairhall property (mine index 3695) that is extensively undermined.
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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 drift
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Vermilion
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19N 11W
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18
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SW NW NW
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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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| Total Production: 233,395
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.
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Undated
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, mining method.
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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, drift location, seam, depth, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
