Mine Index Number: 0430
| Company Name:
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Bartonville Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Bartonville Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1881
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End Date:
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1926
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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238
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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 slope
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Peoria
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8N 7E
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26
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SE SE NE
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Geology
| Springfield
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106
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4.0
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4.5
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4.25
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof consisted of 18 inches of black shale with 6 inches of clod above that. A few horsebacks were encountered.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Joseph Collier
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Collier
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pre1881-1885 Production and years of operation before 1881 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicates 25 acres were mined.
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136,960
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| Total Production: 1,649,305
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4103.P41 i5.1-3
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10-29-1917
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1:15840
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1:15840
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Secondary source
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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 (Peoria County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Peoria County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.P41 i5.1-35, compilation map of mined areas, unknown author - Slope location, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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