Mine Index Number: 2984
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Bryan B. Peterson
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| Mine Name:
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Peterson Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1878
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End Date:
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1925
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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12
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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30
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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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| Main shaft
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Mercer
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15N 1W
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21
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SW NW NE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Rock Island
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21-65
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2.5-4.0
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RPB
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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: 98,746
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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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| Coal Section files, Milan Quadrangle
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Undated
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Mercer County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Mercer County) - Mine location, depth.
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Section files, undated work map on USGS topographic map, 15-minute Milan Quadrangle - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production, ownership, and years of operation before 1878 are unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 4 acres were mined.
- ↑ The 1922 Coal Report did not list mines producing less than 10,000 tons.
