Mine Index Number: 0208
| Company Name:
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Madison Coal Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Crystal Mine
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| Start Date:
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1900
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End Date:
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March 1924
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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755 [1]
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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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Randolph
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4S 5W
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5
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SE NE SW
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| Air shaft
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Randolph
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4S 5W
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5
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SE NE SW
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Geology
| Herrin
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194
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4.0
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7.0
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7.0 6.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
About half of the mine roof was 10 feet of limestone. The roof over one-quarter of the mine was up to 3 feet of black shale. White top was present in some local areas of the mine that had black shale roof. Both the black shale and the white top came down readily. The roof over the remainder of the mine was a massive argillaceous limestone that was very unstable. Roof falls under this argillaceous limestone were up to 12 feet high. Similar conditions were noted in other nearby mines. In spite of the seriousness of the roof falls, the condition was spotty and the overall roof was deemed very good. Numerous slips were present in the roof. Pyrite was present in thin plates, less than 1/4 inch thick. Other impurities included mother coal and the blue band. The floor was fireclay that averaged 18 inches thick. The floor heaved badly, especially where the entries and rooms were too wide.
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: 3,144,257
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company
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1931
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Randolph County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Randolph County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Company map, Old Ben Collection - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
![[[:Crystal|Crystal]], [[:Tilden|Tilden]]](https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/randolph/thumbnails/m0208a.jpg) These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Company
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| Map ID:
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| Company:
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Great Western Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Crystal, Tilden
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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1931
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| Map Status:
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Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M0208a.tif
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| 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!
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https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/randolph/m0208a.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The area shown on the accompanying map for the Crystal Mine could not be separated from the Tilden Mine (mine index 3184). The area shown is for both mines.
- ↑ Idle 1915
- ↑ Owned by Great Western Coal Company
