Mine Index Number: 4178
| Company Name:
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Sunrise Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Sunrise Mine
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| Start Date:
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1934
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End Date:
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1942
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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4
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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Less than 3
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General Area of mining acres shown:
|
|
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A former owner is indicated (the area is too large for the tonnage produced)
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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 shaft
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Madison
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5N 9W
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1
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NE SE SE
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| Air shaft
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Madison
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5N 9W
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1
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SE NE SE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
South and west portions of the mine are labeled “caved” on the source map.
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
| Microfilm, document 352335
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1-4-1939
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1:1200
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1:1407
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Not final
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| Company map
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1-4-1939
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1:1200
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1:1407
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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 (Madison County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Madison County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, mine names.
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| Microfilm map, document 352335, reel 03138, frame 442 - Mine outline, shaft locations, mining method.
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| Company map, loan courtesy of Marissa Historical & Geneological Society - Mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
