Mine Index Number: 3142
| Company Name:
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New Moon Coal Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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New Moon No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1898
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End Date:
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1916
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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5
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| Acres after map date:
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30
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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This mine was connected underground to the Moon Mine (mine index 3143) and New Moon No. 3 Mine (mine index 2488).
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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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Perry
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6S 1W
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9
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SE NW SW
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| Air shaft
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Perry
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6S 1W
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9
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SE NW SW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The mine began as a surface mine, then moved underground when the depth was too great to remove the overburden. The roof was said to be “fairly good”, with 3 to 4 inches of draw slate, 3 to 40 feet of white top, with bastard limestone above. (Note: Top coal may have been left to support the roof, because none of the described strata of the roof makes a competent roof.) A shale band occurred near the middle of the coal seam. The floor was 4 to 5 feet of underclay.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| City Coal Company According to the 1890 Sanborn Insurance Maps, the mine was also known as the Greenwood and Winn Mine.
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City
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1898-1900
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6,100
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| Total Production: 149,587
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| WPA, T6S-R1W
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1940
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1:12000
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1:55096
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Secondary source
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| ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-19
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10-20-1937
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1:1200
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1:1200
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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, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| ISGS field notes (Perry County) - Depth, thickness.
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| WPA map, T6S-R1W - Slope and shaft locations.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-19, map of Red Fox Mine (mine index 923) - Partial mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
