Mine Index Number: 3287
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Harrisburg Fuel Company
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| Mine Name:
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Harrisburg Fuel No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1918
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End Date:
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February 1923
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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24
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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The area was later surface-mined by Liberty Mine (mine index 3276) and other unknown mines.
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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 6E
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29
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NW NE NE [1]
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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200
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|
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5.0
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RP
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Federal Land Bank Report
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1-12-1934
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1:90514
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1:90514
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| ISGS map library, 4103.S32 C3-1
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6-1938
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1:15625
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1:15625
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, mining method.
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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, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Federal Land Bank Report - Mine outline.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS map library, 4103.S32 C3-1, plane table survey - Slope location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining.
- ↑ Idle or produced less than 10,000 tons in 1922
