Mine Index Number: 0873
| Company Name:
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Arch of Illinois, Incorporated
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| Mine Name:
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Captain Mine
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| Start Date:
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1964
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End Date:
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1998
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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10,241
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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
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Perry
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6S 4W
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15
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E ½ SE SW
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| Pit
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Perry
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6S 4W
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20, 21, 28, 29
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Geology
| Danville
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45-75
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4.0
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1.5-2.5
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Surface
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| Herrin
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35-77
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5.7-6.25
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Surface
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| Springfield
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70-107
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4.0-4.9
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
The Brereton Limestone and Anna Shale were irregular in thickness. When one was thin or absent, the other was thick. Usually, the Anna Shale was 1 to 5 feet thick. Energy Shale was sometimes present, in pods up to 30 feet across. In some places, the glacial till eroded all rock above the coal, and sometimes the Herrin Coal was eroded completely. Generally, the overburden above the Herrin Coal was 25 feet of glacial deposits and 25 feet of bedrock. Slickensided fault planes were evident in the Herrin Coal in one pit. A dike was observed in the Springfield Coal. The interval between the Herrin and Springfield Coals was as low as 22 feet in one pit. Pyrite nodules were found in the Anna Shale and in the underclay of the Herrin 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: 132,704,019
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Coal Section files, dxf files
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1-1999
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1:6000
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1:6000
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, geologic problems.
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| Coal Section files, dxf format from company - Mine outline.
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| IDNR website, Permit Viewer - Mine outline (verify pit identification).
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-71, sheets 1-4 - Verify pit identification.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
