Mine Index Number: 3898
| Company Name:
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H. Elkins
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| Mine Name:
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Sunshine Mine
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| Start Date:
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1936
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End Date:
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1938
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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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Less than 1
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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
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Wabash
|
2S 13W
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20
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SW NE SE
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Geology
| Friendsville
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28
|
|
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3.0-4.0
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Underground
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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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| H. Elkins Operated by Dewey Vanmeter
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Sunshine
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1936-1938 Idle 1937
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1,200
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| Total Production: 1,200
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4107 d5-77
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10-1942
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1:62500
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1:62500
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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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Wabash County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Wabash County) - Mine type, shaft location, mine name.
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| ISGS field notes (Wabash County) - Mine location, operator name, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS map library, 4107 d5-77, work map of J. M. Schopf - Shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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