Mine Index Number: 6504
| Company Name:
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Alton Stone-ware and Fire Brick Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Alton Brick Mine
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| Start Date:
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1881
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End Date:
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1892
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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28
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| Acres after map date:
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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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| Hoist shaft
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Madison
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6N 10W
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35
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SE NW SE
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| Air shaft
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Madison
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6N 10W
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35
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NE NW SE
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| Bucket shaft
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Madison
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6N 10W
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35
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SE NW SE
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Geology
| Colchester
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26-60
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2.3-2.5
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RPB
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4103.M35 i5.1-32 “Underground tunnel system taken from survey notes as known to date; May 6, 1974. Prepared for City of Alton, Illinois by Surdex Corporation, Chesterfield, Missouri.”
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5-6-1974
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1:2400
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1:2400
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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, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Madison County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.M35 i5.1-32 - Mine outline, shaft locations, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
