Mine Index Number: 0106
| Company Name:
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Crescent Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Crescent No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1878
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End Date:
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April 1924
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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26
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| Acres after map date:
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150
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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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| Main drift
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Peoria
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7N 7E
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1
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NE SW NW
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| Air shaft
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Peoria
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7N 7E
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1
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NE SW NW
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| Air shaft
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Peoria
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7N 7E
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2
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NW NW NE
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Geology
| Springfield
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144-152
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4.0
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14.0
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4.5
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
A sandstone cut the coal out in some places, and was 2 to 3 feet above the coal in other areas, and in some other areas, the sandstone was directly on the coal. A limestone was sometimes present, but only 2 to 3 inches thick. Generally the immediate roof was a black shale that was up to 16 inches thick. Horsebacks were found in the mine. A layer of pyrite was often present about 2 feet from the top of the seam, but generally pyrite occurred as lenses and streaks. More pyrite was present near the horsebacks. The floor clay heaved in wet places. Rolls in the floor also made the coal thinner and interfered with shooting the coal.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 2,353,392
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company, P4103.P41 i5.1-37
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1-11-1917
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1:7200
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1:7200
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Peoria County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Peoria County) - Drift & shaft locations, seam, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, P4103.P41 i5.1-37 - Drift & shaft locations, mine outline.
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| Microfilm map, document 352165, reel 03138, frame 196 - Mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production and years of operation before 1878 are not known. The 1879 Coal Report indicates 40 acres were mined.
- ↑ A new shaft was opened one-quarter mile north of the previous slope. Machinery was brought from the Adam Sholl Mine in Tazewell County (mine index 3632).
- ↑ The Sholl Mine was re-opened by Brewster and Evans and the equipment was updated.
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Production after map date
