Mine Index Number: 4614
| Company Name:
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O. K. Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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O. K. Mine
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| Start Date:
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1917
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End Date:
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1934
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Acres after map date:
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Less than 1
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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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| Mine
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Jackson
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9S 1W
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27
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NE SW NE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The roof was 30 ft of dark gray, well-bedded shale. The coal was of good quality, without partings. Occasional masses of pyrite were found in the seam.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| O. K. Coal Company
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O. K.
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1933-1934 Production not reported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year. This mine was said to have formerly been known as the Carter Mine, and the operating mine was visited in 1933 by M. W. Fuller. No other Carter Mines were reported in Jackson County. O. K. Coal Company may have re-opened the long-abandoned Carter Mine shown here, or there may have been an un-reported Carter Mine, circa 1930-1931. Bulletin 48, published in 1925, placed a Carter Mine at this location, which tends to support the 1917-1919 Carter Mine being reopened by the O. K. Mine later, rather than an unreported second Carter Mine.
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365
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS field notes (M. W. Fuller)
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8-26-1933
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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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 (Jackson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ISGS field notes (Jackson County) - Mine location, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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