Mine Index Number: 5702
| Company Name:
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Big Sandy Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Big Sandy Mine
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| Start Date:
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1921
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End Date:
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1925
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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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| Production Indicated Acres:
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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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| Main shaft
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Morgan
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14N 10W
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9
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NE SW NW
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Geology
| Herrin
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60
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|
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2.67
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
The coal was nearly flat-lying and only dipped a very few degrees to the north and south of the shaft (the shaft being a relatively high spot in the flat seam). Between 2.0 and 2.5 feet of black shale made the roof of the mine, below 16 to 20 feet of clay-rich shale.
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
| ISGS field notes (A. H. Bell)
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9-30-1927
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1:62500
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1:62500
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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 (Morgan County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ISGS field notes (Morgan County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Also known as Pryor Mine, after the owner or operator of Big Sandy Mining Company (from A. H. Bell, in ISGS field notes).
