Mine Index Number: 1036
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
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| Mine Name:
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Prairie Eagle Surface Mine
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| Start Date:
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2005
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End Date:
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2014
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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480
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Pit, north mine[1]
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Perry
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5S 4W
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30
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N1⁄2 NE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Pit, south mine[2]
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Perry
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5S 4W
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31
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S 1⁄2
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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70-120
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6.0
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Surface, auger
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| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Springfield [3]
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Surface, auger
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 3,572,720
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Company, 6-426K
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3-27-2019
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1:6000
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1:6000
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Final
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Company, 6-463D
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3-19-2013
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1:3600
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1:3600
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Not final
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine location.
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| Bibliography
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| Company map, Coal Section files, 6-426K - Mine outline (north of Mine Index 1036), mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Company Map, Coal Section files, 6-463D - Mine outline (south of Mine Index 1036), mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: 6-426K
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Company
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| Map ID:
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6-426K
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| Company:
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Knight Hawk Coal
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| Mine Name:
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Prairie Eagle Underground
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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03/27/2019
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| Map Status:
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Not Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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Source map for the surface mining of Mine index 1036 north of Mine index 0872
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| More Info:
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M1041 2019
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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://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/perry/m1041 6-426k.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The Prairie Eagle Mine operations are both north and south of a large pit of Streamline Mine (mine index 0872).
- ↑ The Prairie Eagle Mine operations are both north and south of a large pit of Streamline Mine (mine index 0872).
- ↑ Mining is not shown on the accompanying map for the Springfield Coal, as the source maps do not clearly indicate where the Springfield Coal was mined.
