Mine Index Number: 6598
| Company Name:
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Main Line Coal Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Main Line No. 3 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1966
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End Date:
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1968
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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40 The area is larger than expected for the reported production. Main Line Coal Corp. may have enlarged a previously-mined area, and / or much of the area may have been disturbed land without actually having been mined. Production indicates approximately 15 acres were mined.
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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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| Pit
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Jackson
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7S 2W
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3
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N ½ of NW SE and NE SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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57
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3.5
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Surface
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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
| Coal Section files, strip mine updates
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1969-1971
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1:7543
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1:7543
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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, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Jackson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Coal Section files, strip mine updates, 1969-1971 - Mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
