Mine Index Number: 3068
| Company Name:
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Charter Oak Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Charter Oak Mine
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| Start Date:
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1934
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End Date:
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March 1959
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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68
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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28
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The mine is larger than expected for the reported production. The source map indicates that the recovery rate was very low; rooms extend only one-third the distance to the outline shown on the map. The mine may have had previous operators (see the unlocated mines), but the most likely factor in the size discrepancy is most likely the over-generous mine outline. Large blocks of unmined coal probably exist within the large outline (few rooms are shown on the source map).
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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 slope
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Peoria
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9N 7E
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15
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SW SW SE
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| Slope This slope may have been an airway only. The air course is labeled and ventilation arrows are drawn showing it to be an intake airway.
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Peoria
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9N 7E
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15
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SW NE SE
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| Air shaft
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Peoria
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9N 7E
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15
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SW SW SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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50-123
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3.83-4.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
One room has a cave-in labeled on the source map. The legend on the source map says the mine was closed due to flooding and falls. The flooding must have been fairly serious, because the legend also states they lost all machines and steel and copper contents of the mine. Both slopes were very near the stream.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Charter Oak Coal Company
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Charter Oak
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1953-1959 The source map is dated 12-28-1961, and the next line states “closed June 27, 1963". No production was listed in the Coal Reports between 1959 and 1963.
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12,862
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Coal Section files, 6-267
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12-28-1961
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1:2400
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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, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Coal Section files, 6-267, photocopy of original map The photocopy is of the same map shown on the microfilm document 352203, reel 03138, frame 256. - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
