Mine Index Number: 0757
| Company Name:
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Cardiff Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Cardiff No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1899
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End Date:
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1912
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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86 in Cardiff Coal, 159 in Colchester Coal
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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20 to 30 additional acres mined after the 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 shaft (1899)
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Livingston
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30N 8E
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23
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NW SW SW
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| Air shaft (1899)
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Livingston
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30N 8E
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23
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NW SW SW
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| Main shaft (8.5' x 17.5') These shafts are for the No. 2 Mine and were opened in 1903 and are shown on the accompanying map for the Colchester Coal.
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Livingston
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30N 8E
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22
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NW NE SE
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| Air shaft (8.5' x 17.5') These shafts are for the No. 2 Mine and were opened in 1903 and are shown on the accompanying map for the Colchester Coal.
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Livingston
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30N 8E
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22
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NW NE SE
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| North slope These blind slopes are from the Cardiff Coal down to the Colchester Coal. They do not extend to the surface and are not shown on the accompanying map.
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Livingston
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30N 8E
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23
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SW NW SW
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| South slope These blind slopes are from the Cardiff Coal down to the Colchester Coal. They do not extend to the surface and are not shown on the accompanying map.
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Livingston
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30N 8E
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23
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NW SW SW
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| Blind slope This blind slope extends from the Colchester Coal up to the Cardiff Coal.
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Livingston
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30N 8E
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22
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SE NW SE
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Geology
| Colchester
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255-258
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3.0-3.5
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LW
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Geological Problems Reported
This mine had three explosions in 1903. The first was gas igniting at a gob fire in the old workings down the south slope (Colchester Coal). The other two explosions were also caused by gas in the old works, and were part of the same event (two and 3 days after the first explosion) before ventilation could be repaired. The interval between the seams was only 6 feet, and a portion of the roof to the lower seam had collapsed, allowing ventilation to give oxygen to feed the fire and the No. 1 hoist shaft burned. The No. 1 Mine was abandoned after this series of explosions. The Cardiff Coal contained a boney layer 10 inches thick that was 3 feet from the bottom of the coal.
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: 1,911,908
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352525
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10-18-1910
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1:2400
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1:4303
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Not Final
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| Microfilm, document 352525
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5-16-1907
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1:4800
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1:4800
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Not Final
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| Coal Report
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1903
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1:2667
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1:2667
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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, mine type, shaft locations, mine outline (Colchester Coal), seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Livingston County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Livingston County) - Shaft location, depth.
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| Microfilm map, document 352525, reel 03139, frame 247 (Mine No. 2) - Shaft locations, mine outline (Colchester Coal), mining method, seam.
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| Microfilm map, document 352526, reel 03139, frame 248 (Mine No. 1) - Shaft locations, mine outline (Cardiff Coal), mining method, seam.
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Mine Notes
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