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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1903
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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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32 in Cardiff Coal, 136 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 (8.5' x 17.5')
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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')
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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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| Blind slope [1]
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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
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: 1,321,820
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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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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 - Shaft locations, mine outline (Colchester Coal), mining method, seam.
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| Microfilm map, document 352526, reel 03139, frame 248 - Shaft locations, mine outline (Cardiff Coal), mining method, seam.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ This blind slope extends from the Colchester Coal up to the Cardiff Coal.
- ↑ Production after map date
