Mine Index Number: 0218
| Company Name:
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Illinois Pocahontas Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Pocahontas Mine
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| Start Date:
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1905
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End Date:
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December 1942
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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905
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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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Bond
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4N 4W
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3
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NW SE SW
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| Air shaft
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Bond
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4N 4W
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3
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NW SE SW
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Geology
| Herrin
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380
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5.5
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7.5
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6.5
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof over most of the mine was 1.83 feet of black shale. Limestone was present above the black shale and formed the roof in some portions of the mine. The coal contained the gray shale blue band, charcoal partings, and pyrite lenses. The pyrite lenses were up to 5 inches by 12 inches, and were present throughout the coal, both vertically and laterally.
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: 4,772,340
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351700
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4-21-1943
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1:2400
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1:4303
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Bond County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Bond County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Micofilm map, document 351700, reel 03137, frames 69-74 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
