Mine Index Number: 0887
| Company Name:
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Midland Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Elm Mine
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| Start Date:
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1968
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End Date:
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July 1984
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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3,519
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The area shown on the accompanying map is larger than expected from the reported production and likely includes some areas that were unmined, but were impossible to identify as unmined on the photographic maps.
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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 5E
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24
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NW SE SW
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Geology
| Herrin
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55-78
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2.67-4.25
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof for the Herrin Coal was sometimes the Brereton Limestone, which was generally 1 to 2 feet thick but locally up to 4 feet thick. In 36-T9N-R5E, the Herrin Coal was heavily affected by “whitetop”, a light gray clay material, and the thickness was highly variable. The white top material infiltrated the upper portion of the seam. This problem decreased downward in the coal, but made a very dirty product. Slip planes and cracks in the coal were observed, as well as clay dikes. The top of the seam was irregular. The blue band was about2 inches thick in this area. Pyrite lenses up to 1.5 inches were noted, as were pyrite nodules.
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: 13,283,234
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company, 6-393
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1-1-1987
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1:12000
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1:12000
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Final
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| Company, 10-9-7
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3-1978
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1:12000
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1:12000
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Not final
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| Company, 10-6-11
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1-1-1979
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1:12000
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1:12000
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Not final
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| NAIP digital ortho-photo quadrangles
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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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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, 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 type, seam, mining method, tipple location, geologic problems.
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| Company map, Coal Section files, 6-393 - Mine outline, mining method.
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| Company map, Coal Section files, 10-9-7 - Mine outline.
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| Company map, Coal Section files, 10-6-11 - Mine outline.
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| National Agriculture Imagery Program map, digital ortho-photo quadrangle map, Hanna City and Farmington East Quadrangles, 2004 - Mine outline.
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| USGS topographic map, Hanna City Quadrangle, 1971, Photorevised 1979 - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
