Mine Index Number: 3230
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Crain Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Crain Mine
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| Start Date:
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1923
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End Date:
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1954
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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31
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The mine is smaller than expected for the reported production. Production indicates approximately 50 acres were mined. The coal may be thicker than reported, and pillar extraction may have taken place.
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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 slope
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Randolph
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6S 5W
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14
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NE SE NW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Randolph
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6S 5W
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14
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NE SE NW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Springfield
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37
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6.0
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MRP
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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: 240,433
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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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| Microfilm, document 353351
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4-21-1955
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Final
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Randolph County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Randolph County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 353351, reel 03142, frame 347 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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