Mine Index Number: 3051
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Peter D. Hoffman Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Hoffman Mine
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| Start Date:
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1933
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End Date:
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March 1953
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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21
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main slope
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Peoria
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9N 6E
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15
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NW SE SE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Peoria
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9N 6E
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15
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NE SW SE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Escape shaft
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Peoria
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9N 6E
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15
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SW NE SE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Escape slope
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Peoria
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9N 6E
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15
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SW NE SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Springfield
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20-80
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3.83-4.0
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MRP
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 62,134
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 352284
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3-2-1953
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1:2400
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1:3972
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Final, Incomplete
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Peoria County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Peoria County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 352284, reel 03138, frame 354 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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