Mine Index Number: 2974
| Company Name:
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Leroy Pease Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Pease Mine
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| Start Date:
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1933
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End Date:
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1943
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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7
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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5 acres mined after the 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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| Main shaft
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Mercer
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14N 2W
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11
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SW NW SW
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| Air shaft
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Mercer
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14N 2W
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11
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SW NW SW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Two roof falls were noted in the northern portion of the mine. The immediate roof above the coal was black limestone cap rock over most of the mine.
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
| Microfilm, document 352235
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12-15-1938
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1:600
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1:993
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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 (Mercer County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Mercer County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 352235, reel 03138, frame 299 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
