Mine Index Number: 6907
| Company Name:
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Big Three Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Big Three No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1956
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End Date:
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August 1957
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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3
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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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|
|
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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 4E
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29
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NW NE SE
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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
| Nelson, Catalog of Coal Mines
|
2003
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(text only)
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1:24000 [1]
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Secondary source
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| State archive, msha_605_01
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1-14-1957
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Not final
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| Department of Mines & Minerals
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Undated
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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, seam depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| W.J. Nelson (ISGS), Catalog of Coal Mines in Williamson County - Mine location.
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| State archive map, msha_605_01 - Mine location.
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| Department of Mines & Minerals, 7a-02-13, aerial photograph base map with surface mines identified - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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State Archive
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| Map ID:
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msha_605_01
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| Company:
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Big Three Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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01-14-1957
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| Map Status:
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Not Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M6907 MSHA 606 01
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/williamson/m6907 MSHA 606 01.zip
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 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Department of Mines & Minerals
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| Map ID:
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7a-02-13
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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Undated
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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7a-02-13 geo
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/williamson/7a-02-13 geo.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
