Mine Index Number: 4092
| Company Name:
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Egypt Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Egypt Mine
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| Start Date:
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1938
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End Date:
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1939
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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2, with an additional 22-acre general area of mining from the topographic map and aerial photos
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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4
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Production indicates the Egypt Mine would have been about 4 acres. The area shown is too large for this single mine. It is likely that other small surface-mining operations enlarged the pit after 1939.
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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
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Williamson
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9S 4E
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19
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NW NW SW
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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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| Egypt Coal Company The mine notes indicate R. P. Stubblefield is associated with this mine, possibly the owner.
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Egypt
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1938-1938
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7,922
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 353135
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8-1938
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Not final
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| USGS topographic map
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1965, PR 1990
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Department of Mines & Minerals
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Undated
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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.
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| Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 353135, reel 03142, frame 9 - Mine location, mine outline, mining method.
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| USGS topographic map, Crab Orchard Quadrangle, 1965, photorevised 1990 - Mine outline.
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| Department of Mines & Minerals, 7a–02-13 and 7a-02-15, aerial photograph base with surface mines identified - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
![[[:Egypt|Egypt]]](https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/williamson/thumbnails/m4092_th.jpg) These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Microfilm
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| Map ID:
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353135 3142 9
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| Company:
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Egypt Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Egypt
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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08-1938
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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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M4092
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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/m4092.zip
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 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Department of Mines & Minerals
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| Map ID:
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7a-02-15
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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Undated
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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7a-02-15 geo
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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/7a-02-15 geo.zip
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 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Department of Mines & Minerals
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| Map ID:
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7a-02-13
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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Undated
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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7a-02-13 geo
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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/7a-02-13 geo.zip
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Photographs
