Mine Index Number: 4532
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Sugar Creek Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Sugar Creek No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1957
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End Date:
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July 1959
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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6
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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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| Tipple / pit
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Williamson
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10S 4E
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17
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SW NE [1]
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Dekoven
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Surface
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| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Davis
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25-30
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5.0-5.67
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Surface
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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: 52,998
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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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| Mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 [2]
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The mine notes only gave the section number. It is likely Sugar Creek No. 2 mine is near or adjacent to the Sugar Creek No. 1 Mine (mine index 4160) in SE NE or near the Jennings Mine (mine index 4159) in SW SE NW.
- ↑ Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.
