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===Production Notes=== | ===Production Notes=== |
Latest revision as of 11:58, April 12, 2022
Mine Index Number: 0840
Company Name: | Young’s Coal Corporation | ||
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Mine Name: | Walnut Grove Mine | ||
Start Date: | 1956 | End Date: | June 1965 |
Type of Mine: | Surface | ||
Total acres shown: | 593 | ||
Acres after map date: | 120 | General Area of mining acres shown: | |
Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
Type | County | Township-Range | Section | Part Section |
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Tipple / pit | Saline | 10S 6E | 9 | SW SE SW |
Pit | Saline | 10S 7E | 9 |
Geology
Thickness (ft) | |||||
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Seam | Depth (ft) | Min | Max | Ave | Mining Method |
Dekoven | 30-60 | 3.83-4.0 | Surface |
Davis | 90-115 | 2.83-3.0 | Surface |
Geological Problems Reported
Faults were observed in the pits. The coal reputedly had high ash and moisture content.
Production
Company | Mine Name | Date | Production (tons) |
Saxton Coal Corporation | Walnut Grove | 1956-1962 | 3,931,518 |
Young’s Coal Corporation | Walnut GroveAlso known as Somerset Mine | 1963-1963 | 369,137 |
Young’s Coal Corporation | Walnut GroveAlso known as Somerset Mine | 1963-1965 | 1,209,019Production after map date |
Total Production: 5,509,674 |
Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Source Map | Map Date | Original Scale | Digitized Scale | Map Type |
Company, 1-29-8 | 8-1-1963 | 1:74541 | 1:74541 | Not final |
USGS topographic map | PR 1990 | 1:24000 | 1:24000 | Secondary source |
Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness. |
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation. |
Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, geologic problems. |
ISGS field notes (Saline County) - Sketch map of mine outline, seam, geologic problems. |
Company map, ISGS Coal Section files, 1-29-8 - Mine location. |
USGS topographic map, Harrisburg Quadrangle, 1961, photorevised 1990 - Mine outline. |
Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs