Mine Index Number: 2054
| Company Name:
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Green Construction Company
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| Mine Name:
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Green Mine
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| Start Date:
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1939
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End Date:
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March 1941
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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36
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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5
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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The area shown on the accompanying map indicates an area mined for sand and gravel as well as coal.
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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
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Crawford
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7N 11W
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23
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E 1/4 NE & NW NE SE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The overburden consisted of 1.2 to 2.8 feet of limestone. This limestone cap rock prevented the erosion of an island of coal to remain in the surrounding valley fill of glacial debris. The coal remained while the surrounding valley filled with glacial debris.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Snyder Coal Company
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Snyder
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1939-1939 A field note by W. A. Newton (8-14-1936) indicated that some sporadic surface mining had taken place beforeSnyder operated here. Newton thought the mining was done by local farmers for personal use.
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900
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351406
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Undated
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1:15840
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1:15840
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Undated The map was a sketch that showed the general shape of the mined area, but was less accurate than an areal photograph in delineating the mine extent or shape.
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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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Crawford County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Crawford County) - Mine type, mine location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| ISGS field notes (Crawford County) - Years of operation.
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| Illinois National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) Orthoimagery in UTM Zone 15, NAD83, 2004 Photography -Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
