Mine Index Number: 7211
| Company Name:
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Newsam Brothers
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| Mine Name:
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Newsam No. 2 Mine or New Star Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1878
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End Date:
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1910
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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1,268
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The mined area shown on the accompanying map includes the area for New Star Mine, Empire No. 2 Mine (mine index 0025), and Hilltop Mine (mine index 3031).
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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
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Peoria
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8N 7E
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10
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SE NW SE
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| Air shaft
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Peoria
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8N 7E
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10
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SE NW SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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60-181
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4.0-4.5
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RPP
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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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| Noel and Fender
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Noel and Fender
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pre1878-1879 Production and years of operation before 1878 are not known. The 1879 Coal Report indicated 10 acres were mined. Ownership and production between 1879 and 1881 are not known.
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6,800
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| Total Production: 726,470
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352149
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Undated
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1:2400
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1:4965
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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 (Peoria County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Microfilm map, document 352149, reel 03138, frames 170-173, map of Empire Mine (mine index 0025) - Mine outline, mining method.
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| Microfilm map, document 352448, reel 03138, frame 124 - Shaft locations, mine identification.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
