Mine Index Number: 0313
| Company Name:
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Riverton Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Riverton No. 3 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1882
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End Date:
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1902
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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218
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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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| Shaft
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Sangamon
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15N 5W
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9
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SW NW NE
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Geology
| Springfield
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235
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5.9
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6.3
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6.0
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RPP
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Geological Problems Reported
Horsebacks were common in this mine.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Wabash Coal and Mining Company
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Wabash
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1882-1887 Years of operation and production before 1882 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 300 acres were mined. This is the probably location of Jacob Loose’s mine, said to have opened in 1865 (in the 1873 History of Sangamon County).
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284,465 Production before 1882 is not known.
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| Total Production: 1,246,898
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4103.S33 i5.1-47
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3-25-1930
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Secondary source The mapped boundary may not include all areas mined by Wabash/Junction Mining Company.
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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 (Sangamon County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.
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| Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, ownership, geologic problems.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.S33 i5.1-47, map of Peabody No. 55 Mine (Mine Index 3340) - Shaft location, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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Additional Notes
Additional Notes
