Mine Index Number: 1030
| Company Name:
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Knight Hawk Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Pioneer Mine
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| Start Date:
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2003
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End Date:
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Circa 2005
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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289
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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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| Pit or tipple
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Perry
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6S 4W
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32
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NW & N 1⁄2 NE
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| Pit
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Perry
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6S 4W
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33
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N 1⁄2 NW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
This surface mine was between the coal outcrop (southern boundary) and the Captain Mine (northern boundary, mine index 873). The mine is located on the northern flank of the Campbell Hill Anticline. Above the Herrin Coal was up to 5 feet of Brereton Limestone, with 3 to 4 feet of Anna Shale between the limestone and coal. Most of the coal in the NW 32-T6S-R4W was mined by the Red Hawk Mine (mine index 1025). Pioneer’s production was probably reported under that mine.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Knight Hawk Coal Company
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Pioneer
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2003-ca 2005The Pioneer Mine was never listed in the Coal Reports. Production may have been reported under Red Hawk Mine (mine index 1025).
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UnknownThe Pioneer Mine was never listed in the Coal Reports. Production may have been reported under Red Hawk Mine (mine index 1025).
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| Total Production: UnknownThe Pioneer Mine was never listed in the Coal Reports. Production may have been reported under Red Hawk Mine (mine index 1025).
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| IDNR web site, permit viewer
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Not final
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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 (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, geologic problems.
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| IDNR web site, permit viewer - Mine outline.
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| Company map, Coal Section files, 6-290 - Permit area for mine (no mining shown).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
