Mine Index Number: 3772
| Company Name:
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Big Diamond Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Big Diamond Mine
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| Start Date:
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1933
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End Date:
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1936
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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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| Production Indicated Acres:
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2
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General Area of mining acres shown:
|
|
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Not Shown On Map. Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining by Ayrshire Coal Company, Inc. (mine index 673).
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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 12W
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4
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NE SW NE
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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 mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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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, mining method.
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.
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| Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
