Taylorville Quadrangle
Mining in the Taylorville Quadrangle
Mining in this area occurred in the deep Herrin Coal. In this area, the Herrin Coal is 350 to almost 500 feet deep, and averages about 7 feet in thickness. This thickness of coal helped to justify going to such great depths to extract coal in this area. Some geologic problems were reported in these mines, but none were so severe as to bring about the closing of a mine.
Since the coal was so deep, sinking a shaft here was a major undertaking, and as such, the mines operated for long periods of time and extracted large amounts of coal. The earliest mining began in 1889 at the Taylorville No. 1 Mine (mine index 0731), and mining continued until Peabody Coal Company closed their Nos. 58 (mine index 0661) and 7 (mine index 2040) in the spring of 1952.
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Coal Mines In Illinois Taylorville Quadrangle
Mines that Appear on the Taylorville Quadrangle
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Pages in category "Taylorville Quadrangle"
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Media in category "Taylorville Quadrangle"
The following 22 files are in this category, out of 22 total.
M0219 fieldnotes.pdf 754 × 1,197; 351 KB
M0219 minenotes.pdf 745 × 1,189, 21 pages; 5 MB
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M0221 coalreport1891 p133.pdf 793 × 1,275; 1.4 MB
M0661 coalreport1900 p139.pdf 1,556 × 1,191; 349 KB
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M0661 coalreport1902 p183.pdf 804 × 1,250; 1.38 MB
M0661 minenotes.pdf 745 × 1,189, 14 pages; 3.21 MB
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M0731 coalreport1888 p416.pdf 725 × 1,193; 416 KB
M0731 coalreport1889 p54.pdf 733 × 1,181; 415 KB
M0731 coalreport1892 p574.pdf 712 × 1,166; 357 KB
M0731 coalreport1893 p64.pdf 1,666 × 1,227; 392 KB
M0731 coalreport1895 p85.pdf 750 × 1,185; 1.53 MB
M0731 coalreport1896 p127.pdf 768 × 1,135; 318 KB
M0731 coalreport1897 p96.pdf 839 × 1,185, 2 pages; 1.96 MB
M0731 coalreport1903 p233.pdf 739 × 1,177; 352 KB
M0731 IL461.jpg 2,113 × 3,390; 2.5 MB
M0731 minenotes.pdf 745 × 1,189, 9 pages; 1.98 MB
M0731.jpg 2,646 × 3,390; 2.14 MB
M2040 minenotes.pdf 745 × 1,189, 6 pages; 1.58 MB
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