Mine Index Number: 0966
| Company Name:
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Alpha Mining Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Alpha Mine
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| Start Date:
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1978
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End Date:
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March 1978
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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3
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The outline shown only includes the final cut lake for this mine. There may be additional mining not 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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| Pit
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Crawford
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5N 11W
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14
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SW SW SE
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Geology
| Bristol Hill
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15-25
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1.1-1.9
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was a gray-black shale with a coarse-grained limestone above.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Alpha Mining Corporation
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Alpha
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1978-1978
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Unknown No production was listed in the Coal Reports. The mine operated for one month. The land was owned by William Pritchard, who had mined some coal for local use circa 1947.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Mine notes (J. Nelson)
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6-6-1979
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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Secondary source
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| ISGS field notes (Murray and Christian)
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1967
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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Secondary source
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| Department of Mines & Minerals
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7-5-1980
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Unknown
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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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Crawford County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Crawford County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| ISGS field notes (Crawford County) - Mine location, years of operation.
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| Department of Mines & Minerals, aerial photograph base map with surface mines identified - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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