Mine Index Number: 3270
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Lanham Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Lanham No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1936
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End Date:
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November 1953
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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48
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main slope
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Saline
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9S 5E
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34
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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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Saline
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9S 5E
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34
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SE cor SE NE 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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107
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4.67
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
One source map showed a northwest-southeast trending fault that halted eastward expansion.
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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| Idle
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1942-1947
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 261,636
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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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| State archive, IL_2566_01
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11-8-1953
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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, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, slope location, seam.
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| Bibliography
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| State archive, IL_2566_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-17 - Geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: IL_2566_01
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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State Archive
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| Map ID:
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IL_2566_01
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| Company:
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Lanham Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Lanham No. 1
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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11-08-1953
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| Map Status:
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Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M3270 IL 2566 01
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/saline/m3270 IL 2566 01.zip
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Photographs
Notes
