Mine Index Number: 2022
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Pioneer Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Pioneer Mine
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| Start Date:
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1941
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End Date:
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1950
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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86 [1]
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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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| Tipple
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Bureau
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16N 6E
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16
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SE SW NE
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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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35
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4.3
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 816,914
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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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| Microfilm, document 351382
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9-15-1950
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1:1200
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1:1821
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Final
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 351382
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8-1-1950
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1:4800
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1:4800
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Final
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 351382
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1-1-1944
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Not final
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Neponset (7.5') Quadrangle
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1983 Provisional
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Bureau County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Bureau County) - Mine type, location, seam.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 351382, reel 03135, frame 430 (1950) - Tipple location.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 351382, reel 03135, frame 431 (1950) - Pit locations (western & southeastern).
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 351382, reel 03135, frame 432 (1944) - Pit location (eastern).
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| Bibliography
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| USGS topographic map, Neponset Quadrangle, 1983 Provisional Edition - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The western portion of the pit shown in SW 22-T16N-R6E was also mined by Pioneer Coal Company, although the pit as a whole is labeled Midland Mine (mine index 681). Production indicates approximately 115 acres were mined by Pioneer Mine.
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These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.