Mine Index Number: 6794
Company Name:
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Big Three Coal Company
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Mine Name:
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Big Three No. 3 Mine
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Start Date:
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1957
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End Date:
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1959
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Type of Mine:
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Surface
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Total acres shown:
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None
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Production Indicated Acres:
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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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Pit
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Williamson
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9S 3E
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19 [1]
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Geology
Davis
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20-23
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2.75-7.0
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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
Mine notes (G. H. Cady)
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 [2]
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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, mining method.
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Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, pit location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ This mine may be near Big Three No. 2 Mine (mine index 4119) in 30-T9S-R4E.
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24,000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.