Mine Index Number: 6627
| Company Name:
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Truax Traer Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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St. David Mine
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| Start Date:
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1929
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End Date:
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September 1942
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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786
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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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| Old tipple The mine notes and source map indicate that the tipple of Saline County No. 22 Mine (mine index 31), was used to ship coal in the early years of production. In later years, the tipple for the Little Sister Mine (mine index 674), also operated by Truax Traer Coal Company, was used to ship the coal.
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Fulton
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6N 4E
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16
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SW SW SE
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| New tipple The mine notes and source map indicate that the tipple of Saline County No. 22 Mine (mine index 31), was used to ship coal in the early years of production. In later years, the tipple for the Little Sister Mine (mine index 674), also operated by Truax Traer Coal Company, was used to ship the coal.
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Fulton
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6N 4E
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21
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SE NE SW
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Geology
| Springfield
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38-45
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4.5
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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
| Company, 4103.F8 i5.1-8
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3-28-1946
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1:4800
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1:4800
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Not final The St. David Mine production ceased in 1942, yet the map indicates the pit was actively worked until at least 1946. Presumably, the production for the intervening years was reported under Little Sister Mine (mine index 674), and the map is not final for the Little Sister Mine operating and production years.
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| Microfilm, document 351460
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8-1-1937
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1:4800
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1:7945
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Final
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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 (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.F8 i5.1-8 - Mine outline (western), tipple locations, mining method.
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| Microfilm map, document 351460, reel 03136, frame 192 - Mine outline (eastern).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
