Mine Index Number: 6692
| Company Name:
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D. W. Kelly
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| Mine Name:
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Sievers Mine
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| Start Date:
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1876
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End Date:
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1885
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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24
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The area shown is the general vicinity of the mine. The known production of the mine would encompass about 2 acres and 10 acres was said to have been mined before 1882.
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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 [1]
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Macoupin
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7N 6W
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33
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SW
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Geology
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
| Atlas of Macoupin County
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1875
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1:46933
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1:46933 [4]
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Secondary source
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| Staunton in Illinois
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1988
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(text only)
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1:24000 [5]
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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, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Macoupin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Atlas of Macoupin County and the State of Illinois, 1875, Chicago: Warner and Beers, 89p. - Ownership.
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| Kilduff, Mary Dorrell, 1988, Staunton in Illinois, 273 p. - Ownership prior to 1882, years of operation, location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ No other shaft was constructed; the mine was idled due to lack of an escapement shaft in 1884 and never re-opened.
- ↑ According to Staunton in Illinois, the shaft was sunk in 1876. Production prior to 1882 is unknown.
- ↑ According to Staunton in Illinois, the shaft was sunk in 1876. Production prior to 1882 is unknown.
- ↑ The atlas showed the land ownership; a general area of mining was constructed around the area likely to be mined.
- ↑ The atlas showed the land ownership; a general area of mining was constructed around the area likely to be mined.
