Mine Index Number: 3176
| Company Name:
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Pyramid Coal Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Coal Stripping Mine
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| Start Date:
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1931
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End Date:
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1935
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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188
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| Acres after 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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| Pit or tipple
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Perry
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6S 3W
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14
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NW NE SE
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Geology
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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| USGS topographic map, Ava
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1968
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| USGS topographic map, Pinckneyville
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1974, PR 1982
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1:24000
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1:24000
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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, seam, thickness, mining method.
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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 location.
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| USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Ava Quadrangle, 1968 - Mine outline.
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| USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Pinckneyville Quadrangle, 1974, photorevised 1982 - Mine outline.
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| WPA, T6S-R3W - Verification of mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
