Mine Index Number: 3900
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Briar Hill Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Briar Hill Mine
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| Start Date:
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1933
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End Date:
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1940
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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10
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Wabash
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2S 13W
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21
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NE SW NW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Wabash
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2S 13W
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21
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NE SW NW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Friendsville
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60
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3.5
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MRP
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 353026
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5-1939
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Not final
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Wabash County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Wabash County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 353026, reel 03141, frame 195 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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Notes
- ↑ Production after map date
