Mine Index Number: 3320
| Company Name:
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Harrisburg Coal Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Harrisburg No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1923
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End Date:
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1927
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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250[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 / pit
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Saline
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10S 6E
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6
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SW NE NE
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Geology
| Springfield
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50
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6.0-6.58
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
A northwest-southeast trending dike prevented mining for an approximately one-half-mile width.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352777
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7-1-1927
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1:1200
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1:2483
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Final
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| USGS topographic map
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PR 1990
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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, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine location, seam.
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| ISGS field notes (Saline County) - Mining method, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 352777, reel 03140, frames 299-301 - Mine location, mine outline, mining method.
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| USGS topographic map, photorevised 1990 - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ This area includes approximately 13 acres mined by New Oak Hill No. 3 Mine (mine index 3289), 160 acres mined by Blue Bird No. 1 Mine (mine index 610) and 77 acres mined by Harrisburg No. 2 Mine (mine index 3320).
