Mine Index Number: 3949
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Cambria Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Cambria Mine
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| Start Date:
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1934
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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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3
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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A portion of the east side of the mine was later surface-mined by Cambria No. 1 Mine (mine index 1027).
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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 slope
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Williamson
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8S 1E
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29
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NW NE SW [1]
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Williamson
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8S 1E
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29
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NW NE SW [2]
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin [3]
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71
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9
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| State archive, IL_1496_01
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4-19-1940
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Final
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| State archive, MSHA_483_01
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4-4-1947
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Secondary source
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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 (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| State archive, IL_1496_01- Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| State archive, MSHA_483_01, map of Number Six Coal Company (mine index 3948) - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: m3949_IL_1496_01
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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State Archive
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| Map ID:
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m3949_IL_1496_01
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| Company:
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Cambria Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Cambria
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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04-19-1940
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| Map Status:
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Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M3949 IL 1496 01
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/williamson/m3949 IL 1496 01.zip
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Mine Map: MSHA_483_01
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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State Archive
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| Map ID:
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MSHA_483_01
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| Company:
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Number Six Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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No. 6
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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04-04-1947
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| Map Status:
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Not Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M3948 MSHA 483 01
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/williamson/m3948 MSHA 483 01.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining. The mine location on source maps for the Cambria Mine were incorrect, and the same surveyor gave two different locations (E ½ NE SW 29-T8S-R1E and SE NW 29-T8S-R1E). A secondary source (map of Number Six Coal Company) was used to locate the mine, because there weren’t enough features (section corners, streams or railroads) to deduce the correct location from the Cambria Mine (mine index 3949) source maps.
- ↑ Not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining. The mine location on source maps for the Cambria Mine were incorrect, and the same surveyor gave two different locations (E ½ NE SW 29-T8S-R1E and SE NW 29-T8S-R1E). A secondary source (map of Number Six Coal Company) was used to locate the mine, because there weren’t enough features (section corners, streams or railroads) to deduce the correct location from the Cambria Mine (mine index 3949) source maps.
- ↑ A note on the source map says this mine may have also worked in the Springfield Coal, but no map has been found for this.
