Mine Index Number: 1036
| Company Name:
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Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
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| Mine Name:
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Prairie Eagle Surface Mine
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| Start Date:
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2005
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End Date:
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2014
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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480
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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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| Pit, north mine[1]
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Perry
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5S 4W
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30
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N1⁄2 NE
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| Pit, south mine[2]
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Perry
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5S 4W
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31
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S 1⁄2
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Geology
| Herrin
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70-120
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|
|
6.0
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Surface, auger
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| Springfield [3]
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Surface, auger
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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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| Total Production: 3,572,720
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company, 6-426K
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3-27-2019
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1:6000
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1:6000
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Final
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| Company, 6-463D
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3-19-2013
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1:3600
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1:3600
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine location.
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| Company map, Coal Section files, 6-426K - Mine outline (north of Mine Index 1036), mining method.
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| Company Map, Coal Section files, 6-463D - Mine outline (south of Mine Index 1036), mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The Prairie Eagle Mine operations are both north and south of a large pit of Streamline Mine (mine index 0872).
- ↑ The Prairie Eagle Mine operations are both north and south of a large pit of Streamline Mine (mine index 0872).
- ↑ Mining is not shown on the accompanying map for the Springfield Coal, as the source maps do not clearly indicate where the Springfield Coal was mined.
![[[:Prairie Eagle South Underground|Prairie Eagle South Underground]]](https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/perry/thumbnails/m1045_6_463d_2013_th.jpg)
![[[:Prairie Eagle Underground|Prairie Eagle Underground]]](https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/perry/thumbnails/6-426k-m1041_prairie_eagle_ug_2019_th.jpg)
