Mine Index Number: 0141
| Company Name:
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Astoria Coal and Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Astoria Mine
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| Start Date:
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Unknown
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End Date:
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Unknown
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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65
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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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| Main shaft
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Fulton
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3N 1E
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23
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NW SE SW
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| Air shaft (new, 1896)
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Fulton
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3N 1E
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23 The location of the air shaft is not known and is not shown on the accompanying map. The 1896 Coal Report noted the completion of the new air shaft and stated that the Astoria Mine was the best ventilated in the county.
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Geology
| Springfield
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70-72
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5.5-6.0
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RP
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
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1893, 1900
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Unknown
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1:24000 The described location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map base.
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Secondary source
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| Federal Land Bank Report
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4-20-1933
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1:124800
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1:124800
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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, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Sanborn-Perris Map Company (Astoria) - Mine location.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Fulton County) - Shaft location, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
