Mine Index Number: 3754
| Company Name:
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C. H. Trosper
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| Mine Name:
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Bunting Mine
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| Start Date:
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1885
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End Date:
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1895
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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12
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The area shown is larger than expected for the production listed. A 1952 source map for Kedas Coal Company (mine index 0656) indicates this area was re-mined (and enlarged) at a later date.
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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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| Pit
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Vermilion
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19N 11W
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33
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SW NW
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Geology
| Herrin
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65-100
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6.0-6.67
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Surface
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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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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 [4]
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Undated
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| USGS topographic map
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PR 1978
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1:24000
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1:24000
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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, seam, depth, thickness, 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, mine location.
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| USGS topographic map, 1966, Photorevised 1978 - Mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1893
- ↑ The mine notes indicate that this mine continued operation until 1900.
- ↑ The mine notes indicate that this mine continued operation until 1900.
- ↑ Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.
