Mine Index Number: 1012
| Company Name:
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Arch of Illinois, Inc.
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| Mine Name:
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Horse Creek Mine
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| Start Date:
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1986
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End Date:
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1994
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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760 surface and 57 auger in Herrin Coal and 760 and 16 auger in Springfield Coal
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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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Geology
| Danville
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40-127
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|
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2 [1]
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Surface
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| Herrin
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40-127
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|
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6.17[2]
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Surface
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| Springfield
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40-127
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4.0[3]
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
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
| Company, 4103.P42 i5.1-77, sheet 1
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3-1996
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1:6000
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1:6000
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Final
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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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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 (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine location, seam.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 41-3.P42 i5.1-77, sheet 1 - Mine outline, mining method.
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| National Agriculture Imagery Program map, digital ortho-photo quadrangle map, Pinckneyville Quadrangle, 2004 - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The Springfield and Danville Coal thicknesses are approximated.
- ↑ The thickness ranged from a low of 6.17 feet where Herrin alone was mined to a total of 12.5 feet.
- ↑ The Springfield and Danville Coal thicknesses are approximated.
