Mine Index 4861 Klingbeil Coal Company, Citizens Mine

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	Unlocated Mines In:	Sangamon unlocated
	County:	Sangamon
	Quadrangle:	Tallula
	County Coal Data:	Sangamon
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 4861


Company Name:	Klingbeil Coal Company
Mine Name:	Citizens Mine
Start Date:	1907	End Date:	1929
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	18
Production Indicated Acres:	18 to 25	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft ^[1]

Sangamon

17N 7W

32

2100 FNL, 500 FWL

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Springfield

102-130

5.0-5.75

RP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof consisted of 2.5 feet of black shale directly above the coal, capped by 2.5 feet of limestone.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Citizens Coal Company (add)	Citizens (add)	1907-1908	430

Walsh, Wilkin and Fitzgerald (add)	Citizens (add)	1908-1909	745

John Derry (add)	Citizens (add)	1909-1910	5,400

Cooperative Coal Company (add)	Citizens (add)	1910-1911	1,276

Citizens Coal Company (add)	Citizens (add)	1911-1925	76,712 ^[2]

Klingbeil Coal Company (add)	Citizens (add)	1926-1929	15,323


Total Production: 99,886

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Federal Land Bank Report

2-9-1934

1:125000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method, seam, depth, thickness.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Sangamon County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, shaft location, mining method, seam, depth, thickness.

Federal Land Bank Report (Sangamon County) - Shaft location, mine outline.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	PC_215_01
	Company:	Klingbeil Coal Company
	Mine Name:	Citizens
	Caption:
	Map Date:	04-01-1927
	Map Status:	Not Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	M4861 PC 215 01
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/sangamon/m4861 PC 215 01.zip

Photographs

Additional Notes

Notes

↑ 8 ft x 6 ft, divided into two compartments, a 5 ft x 6 ft hoist shaft and a 3 ft x 6 ft air shaft
↑ Production was not listed in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.

[1] 8 ft x 6 ft, divided into two compartments, a 5 ft x 6 ft hoist shaft and a 3 ft x 6 ft air shaft

[2] Production was not listed in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.

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