Mine Index Number: 0658
| Company Name:
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Hillcrest Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Hillcrest Mine
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| Start Date:
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1936
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End Date:
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1943
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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5
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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Less than 2
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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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Wabash
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2S 13W
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29
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NW NE NE
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| Air shaft
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Wabash
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2S 13W
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29
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NW NE NE
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Geology
| Friendsville
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38
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3.0-3.5
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was usually smooth limestone that was nodular in some places and stayed upwell. However, the source map showed a caved area in the northern part of the mine. The caved area extended upward to the surface and resulted in the mine closure because of water flooding the workings. The coal seam dipped eastward so that the water drained toward the bottom of the slope. The coal was not well-banded, and consisted largely of clarain cannel coal. The lower part of the bed (bottom 8 inches or so) contained bone coal, which was difficult to distinguish from the cannel coal.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 353023
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10-30-1941
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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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Wabash County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ISGS field notes (Wabash County) - Mine type, slope location, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 353023, reel 03141, frame 192 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
