Mine Index Number: 0804
| Company Name:
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Vinyard Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Vinyard No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1955
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End Date:
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October 1957
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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36Production indicates approximately 24 acres were mined. The size difference may be from poor source maps or the coal thickness may not have been as high as reported.
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| Acres after 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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| Tipple / pit
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Saline
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9S 7E
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13
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NW SE SW
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Geology
| Springfield
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30
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4.5-4.67
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Vinyard Coal Company
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Vinyard No. 1
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1957-1957
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40,000Some portion of this tonnage was mined by Vinyard Coal Company from January to June of 1957. Liberty Coal Company operated the mine during June and July of 1957 and then ownership was transferred back to Vinyard Coal Company in August. The Coal Report did not split the 1957 production listed for Vinyard Coal Company, and it is all listed for the August-October time period.
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| Total Production: 177,037
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4102 a-7, sheet 2
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1981-1983
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Digital ortho-photographic quadrangle
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2000
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1:24000
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1:24000
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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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, tipple / pit location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS map library, 4102 a-7, sheet 2, work map for Rudement Quadrangle Geologic Map - Mine outline.
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| Digital ortho-photographic map, Rudement 7.5-minute Quadrangle - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
