Mine Index Number: 4296
| Company Name:
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Donk Brothers
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| Mine Name:
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National Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1881
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End Date:
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1897
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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5
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| Acres after map date:
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27
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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 shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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28
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SW SE NE
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| Air shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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28
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SW SE NE
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Geology
| Herrin
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40-83
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6.0-6.5
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RPB,HERThe Coal Report of 1897 included a paragraph on this mine, stating that the pillars had been robbed to such an extent that a "general squeeze was induced, resulting in a cave-in under a small creek", which resulted in a great deal of water in the mine, flooding this mine and an adjacent slope mine. (The adjacent mine is unknown.)
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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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| John Maule
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Maule
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pre1881-1883
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6,000 Production and ownership prior to 1883 are not known. The Coal Report of 1883 indicates 20 acres were mined.
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| John Maule
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National
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1889-1896 Abandoned mine reopened with new air shaft.
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151,101 Production after map date
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| Total Production: 166,737
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 350997
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1885
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1:1200
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1:1200
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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, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Microfilm map, document 350997, reel 03134, frame 67 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 350997
Map Date: 1885
Coal Co.: Donk Brothers
Mine Name: National
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