Mine Index Number: 0288
| Company Name:
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Greenview Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Greenview Mine
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| Start Date:
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1907
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End Date:
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1914
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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32
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| Acres after map date:
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8
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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 6W
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27
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NE NW NE
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| Air shaft
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Menard
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19N 6W
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22
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SW SE SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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100-110
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5.67-6.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The mine was idled for a month in 1900 from water flooding the mine after a roof fall.
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: 149,879
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State archive, MSHA_1321
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9-1912
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1:1200
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1:1200
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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, thickness, mining method.
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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.
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| State archive, MSHA_1321, courtesy of Robert Gibson, DNR - Mine outline, shaft locations, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Sanborn Fire Insurance map:
Map Date: 1909
Coal Co.: Greenview Coal Company
Mine Name: Greenview Mine
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Company Map: msha_1321
Map Date: 9-1912
Coal Co.: Greenview Coal Company
Mine Name: Greenview Mine
Image Credit: Illinois Department of Natural Resources - Office of Mines and Minerals
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Photographs
