Mine Index Number: 0881
| Company Name:
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Midland Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Edwards Mine
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| Start Date:
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1952
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End Date:
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September 1975
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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2,525
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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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Peoria
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9N 6E
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25
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NE SE NW
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Geology
| Herrin
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34-60
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3.67-4.75
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
Some old workings were encountered while excavating some of the pits. The Brereton Limestone above the Herrin Coal was up to 5 feet thick in some places, absent in some places, and was sometimes lenticular. In some places the upper part of the limestone was nodular. Sandstone was present 5 to 10 feet above the coal. Clay dikes were common in some pits. The blue band in this area was about 9 inches from the top of the seam.
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: 7,258,309
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| USGS topographic map
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1996
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| NAIP digital ortho-photo quadrangle
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2004
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1:6000
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1:6000
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Secondary source
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| Company, 6-110 (a-c)
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Undated
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1:15840
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1:15840
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Not final
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| Company, 6-113
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Undated
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1:3600
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1:3600
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Not final
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| Company, 6-189
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1969
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1:62500
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1:62500
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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, depth, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Peoria County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Peoria County) - Mine location, seam, thickness.
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| USGS topographic map, Peoria West Quadrangle, 1996 - Mine outline, mining method.
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| USGS topographic map, Hanna City Quadrangle, 1971, Photorevised 1979 - Mine outline.
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| National Agriculture Imagery Program map, digital ortho-photo quadrangle map, Hanna City Quadrangle, 2004 - Mine outline.
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| National Agriculture Imagery Program map, digital ortho-photo quadrangle map, Farmington East Quadrangle, 2004 - Mine outline.
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| Company map, Coal Section files, 6-110 (a-c) - Pit identification.
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| Company map, Coal Section files, 6-113 - Pit identification.
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| Company map, Coal Section files, 6-189 - Pit identification.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
