Mine Index Number: 3942
| Company Name:
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Big Three Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Big Three No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1956
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End Date:
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1956
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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4 Production indicates less than 1 acre was mined. The area shown is too large for the reported production. Big Three No. 1 Mine may have enlarged an existing pit or later operators may have expanded the Big Three pit. (See the unlocated mines at the back of this report.)
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| Acres after map date:
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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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| Tipple / pit
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Williamson
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8S 1E
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32
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SE 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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| 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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation, mine location.
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| Mine notes (Williamson County) - Seam, depth, thickness, general location.
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| De Soto Quadrangle, USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, 1968, photorevised 1978 - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
