Mine Index Number: 0915
| Company Name:
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Big Ridge Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Big Ridge No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1970
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End Date:
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1978
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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235[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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| Tipple / pit
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Saline
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9S 7E
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19
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SE NW NW
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Geology
| Herrin
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35-59
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|
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3.83-4.33
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
Water in the pit was sometimes a problem.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS Coal Section strip mine updates
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1976
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1:7896
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1:7896
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Secondary source
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| 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, depth, thickness
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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, geologic problems.
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| ISGS field notes (Saline County) - Mine type, tipple / pit location, seam, mining method.
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| ISGS Coal Section strip mine updates - Mine outline, pit locations.
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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
Notes
- ↑ Production indicates approximately 60 acres were mined. Some of this acreage was probably mined by other operators and some of the area shown is a general area of mining. The boundaries of surface mines are notoriously difficult to pick out on aerial photographs because of the affected acreage around the mines, with haulage roads and other disturbed areas around the pits.
- ↑ Idle 1976
