Mine Index Number: 0981
Company Name:
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Phoenix Mining Company
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Mine Name:
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Phoenix No. 1 Mine
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Start Date:
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1980
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End Date:
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1993
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Type of Mine:
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Surface
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Total acres shown:
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80
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Production Indicated Acres:
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50
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The area shown is disturbed land that appears to have been surface-mined by Malone No. 1 Mine (mine index 0939) and the Corinth/Phoenix Mine. The production of the Malone No. 1 Mine indicates that approximately 3 acres were mined and approximately 50 acres were mined by the Phoenix Mine.
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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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Williamson
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8S 4E
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14
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NW SW NW
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Geology
Womac
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15-35
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2.5-2.9
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
The overburden was soft and thin. The coal had very low sulfur content, as low as 0.6%, and was used by the Sahara Coal Company to blend with their higher sulfur coals. The lower bench of the coal (2 inches thick) was not mined because the quality was low, with high ash and sulfur contents.
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: 224,277
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
USGS digital orthophoto quadrangle
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1998-1999
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1:12000
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1:12000
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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.
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Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, tipple / pit location, seam, geologic problems.
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USGS digital ortho-photo quadrangle, Harco Quadrangle - General mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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DOQ
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Map ID:
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USGS digital ortho-photo quadrangle, Harco Quadrangle
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Company:
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Mine Name:
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Caption:
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Map Date:
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1998-1999
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Map Status:
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Secondary
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Image Credit:
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Note:
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More Info:
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M0939 m0981
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Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/williamson/m0939 m0981.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The ISGS mine notes indicate E. and B. Coal Company bought the Malone No. 1 Mine (mine index 0939), but the mine notes gave different locations for the pits. Two index numbers are used, since it appears the Malone Mine was shut down and a new mine begun nearby. These three-digit index numbers relate to chemical analyses in other databases and are retained, even when the separate mines cannot be distinguished on the accompanying map and their histories are intertwined.
- ↑ Idle 1984-1989