Mine Index Number: 0287
| Company Name:
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Middletown Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Middletown Mine
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| Start Date:
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1902
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End Date:
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1911
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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77
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| Acres after map date:
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18
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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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| Shaft
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Menard
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19N 4W
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19
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SW NW NE
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| Air shaft
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Menard
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19N 4W
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19
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SW NW NE
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Geology
| Springfield
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210
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5.6
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6.1
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6.0
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RPB,HER[1]
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Geological Problems Reported
A thin overburden, faults and clastic dikes combined to create poor mining conditions.
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: 474,724
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352535
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3-1-1910
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1:1200
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1:2069
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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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Menard County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Menard County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 352535, reel 03139, frames 260-261 - Shaft locations, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 352535
Map Date: 3-1-1910
Coal Co.: Middletown Coal Company
Mine Name: Middletown Mine
Full Res Download
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Some pillars were pulled, leading to up to 85% coal recovery over parts of the mine.
- ↑ Approximate production since map date
