Mine Index Number: 0850
| Company Name:
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Pschirrer Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Pschirrer Mine
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| Start Date:
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1936
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End Date:
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April 1961
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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253 [1]
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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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| Main shaft
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Fulton
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7N 4E
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3
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SE NE SE
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| Air shaft
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Fulton
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7N 4E
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3
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SW NE SE
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Geology
| Herrin (1959-1961)
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81
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4.33-4.5
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MRP
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| Springfield
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150
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4.17-4.67
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RPP
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Geological Problems Reported
The Springfield Coal had calcite and pyrite along fracture facings.
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: 1,875,366
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351661
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7-1-1961
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1:2400
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1:4303
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Final
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| Microfilm, document 351660
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4-1-1959
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1:2400
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1:4635
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Final
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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 (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 351661, reel 03137, frame 25 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method (Herrin Coal).
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| Microfilm map, document 351660, reel 03137, frames 23 & 24 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method (Springfield Coal).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ 8 in the Herrin Coal, 245 in the Springfield Coal
