Mine Index Number: 7867
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Unknown
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| Mine Name:
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Unknown Mine
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| Start Date:
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Before 1875
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End Date:
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Unknown
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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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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| Coal Bank
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Macoupin
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10N 9W
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30
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NE SE SW
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Geology
| Herrin
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12
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5.0
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal bank on land owned by T. Carr.
The 1879 History of Macoupin County says "Thos. Carr Chesterfield slope - Twelve feet to coal, thickness 5 feet, two feet left for top, bushels of coal 500, two men, capital $300."
This information may relate to this location or mine index 4546, which is also on T. Carr land.
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Atlas of Macoupin County
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1875
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1:31680
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1:31680
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Atlas of Macoupin County and the State of Illinois, 1875, Chicago: Warner and Beers, 89p. - Mine location.
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| History of Macoupin County, 1879, Philadelphia: Brink, McDonough & Co., 228p. - Depth, thickness.
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