Mine Index Number: 3976
| Company Name:
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Diamond Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Diamond No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1917
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End Date:
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January 1937
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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109
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| Acres after map date:
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3
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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 slope
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Williamson
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8S 2E
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33
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NW NW NE [1]
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| Air shaft
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Williamson
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8S 2E
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33
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NW NW NE [2]
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Geology
| Herrin
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50
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|
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7.5 (6.0-8.0)
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RPP
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Geological Problems Reported
One fault was noted in the mine (displacement or effect on mining not reported).
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 876,953
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 353173
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3-1935
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1:1200
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1:4965
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Not final
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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.
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| Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm, document 353173, reel 03142, frame 62 - Mine location, general slope location, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 353173
Map Date: 3-1935
Coal Co.: Carbon Fuel Company
Mine Name: Carbon Fuel Mine
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining.
- ↑ Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining.
- ↑ Idle 1920-1922
- ↑ Production after map date
