Mine Index Number: 0623
| Company Name:
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Truax-Traer Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Pyramid Mine
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| Start Date:
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1926
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End Date:
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September 1959
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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4,153
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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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| Tipple
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Perry
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5S 3W
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36
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SW SE SE
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Geology
| Herrin
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18-48
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5.67-6.0
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
Much of the rock above the coal was limestone. The seam had clay bands and lenses. Facings of pyrite and calcite were present in vertical cracks. Some bands of stony pyrite were persistent over a considerable distance.
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: 30,792,668
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| NAIP digital ortho-photo quadrangle
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2004
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1:6000
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1:6000
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Secondary source
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| Company, 4103.P42 i5.1-63
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8-1-1959
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1:12000
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1:12000
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Not finalThe mined area shown on the accompanying map is the approximate size expected for the reported production. This suggests that the mine outline is complete.
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| National Agriculture Imagery Program map, digital ortho-photo quadrangle map, Pinckneyville Quadrangle, 2004 - Mine outline.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-63 - Mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
