Mine Index Number: 0740
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Astoria Woodland Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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A Mine
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| Start Date:
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1900
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End Date:
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1910
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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102
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The area shown is larger than expected for the reported production. Production indicates approximately 60 acres were mined.
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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 shaft (12 x 6 ft)
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Fulton
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3N 2E
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19
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SE NE NW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Springfield
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53
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4.0
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6.5
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5.5
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof consisted of over 3 feet of black shale with large nodules of iron pyrite. The top coal was dark, soft, and often broken. No faults were seen, but clay dikes were common, some displacing the coal up to 18 inches. Gypsum was common in the mine, generally seen as a 1/4 to ½ inch lens that was 6 to 7 inches long. In the upper third of the coal seam, a 2 to 3 inch thick cannel coal was noted. The clay dikes were exceptionally large, quite frequent in occurrence, and often ran through the entire seam thickness. One was observed to be 12 feet long and 4 feet wide.
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: 243,256
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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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| Mine notes (Jon A. Udden)
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9-22-1909
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Federal Land Bank Report
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4-20-1933
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1:124800
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1:124800
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.
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| Bibliography
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| Federal Land Bank (Fulton County) - Shaft locations, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
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