Mine Index Number: 0712
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Acme Stone and Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Acme No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1953
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End Date:
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December 1956
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground and Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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2
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| Acres after map date:
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3
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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This mine was later partially surface mined by the Eagle Surface Mine (mine index 0883). The last owner surface mined the Herrin Coal and used the tipple to load the Herrin Coal and so is included in the same index number.
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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 Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main drift
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Gallatin
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10S 8E
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23
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SE NE NE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Gallatin
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10S 8E
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23
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SE NE NE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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Surface
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| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Springfield
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28
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5.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The black shale roof had large concretions, with slickensides occurring nearby. The base of the coal contained a great deal of pyrite.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 22,908
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 351549
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11-7-1954
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1:1200
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1:2148
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Not final
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| USGS topographic map
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1959
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Gallatin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 351549, reel 03136, frame 317 - Drift and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| USGS topographic map, Equality Quadrangle, 1959 - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ This operator surface-mined in the vicinity, using the tipple of the underground mine.
