Mine Index Number: 2022
Company Name:
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Pioneer Coal Company
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Mine Name:
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Pioneer Mine
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Start Date:
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1941
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End Date:
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1950
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Type of Mine:
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Surface
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Total acres shown:
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86 [1]
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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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Tipple
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Bureau
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16N 6E
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16
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SE SW NE
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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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Total Production: 816,914
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Microfilm, document 351382
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9-15-1950
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1:1200
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1:1821
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Final
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Microfilm, document 351382
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8-1-1950
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1:4800
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1:4800
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Final
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Microfilm, document 351382
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1-1-1944
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Not final
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Neponset (7.5') Quadrangle
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1983 Provisional
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1:24000
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1:24000
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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.
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Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Bureau County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine notes (Bureau County) - Mine type, location, seam.
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Microfilm map, document 351382, reel 03135, frame 430 (1950) - Tipple location.
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Microfilm map, document 351382, reel 03135, frame 431 (1950) - Pit locations (western & southeastern).
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Microfilm map, document 351382, reel 03135, frame 432 (1944) - Pit location (eastern).
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USGS topographic map, Neponset Quadrangle, 1983 Provisional Edition - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The western portion of the pit shown in SW 22-T16N-R6E was also mined by Pioneer Coal Company, although the pit as a whole is labeled Midland Mine (mine index 681). Production indicates approximately 115 acres were mined by Pioneer Mine.