Mine Index Number: 3067
Company Name:
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Big Hollow Coal Company
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Mine Name:
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Big Hollow Mine
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Start Date:
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1926
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End Date:
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March 1952
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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87
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Production Indicated Acres:
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140
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The mine outline is smaller than expected for the reported production. The source map for Lea No. 2 Mine (mine index 5825) indicated they holed into old works, and Big Hollow map showed an area of old works south of most of the workings and on the west side of the shaft. A general area of mining is shaded on the accompanying map for this described area, which brings the total acreage shown to 144.
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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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Peoria
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9N 7E
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13
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NE SE SW
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Air shaft
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Peoria
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9N 7E
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13
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NW SW SE
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Geology
Springfield
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161-168
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3.33
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RPP
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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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Total Production: 422,336
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Microfilm, document 352194
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4-1952
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1:1200
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1:2400
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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 (Peoria County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine notes (Peoria County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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Microfilm map, document 352194, reel 03138, frame 244 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes