Mine Index Number: 3339
| Company Name:
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Springfield Coal and Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Springfield No. 4 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1881
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End Date:
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1909
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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2,317 The southern part of this mine joins with Peabody No. 55 Mine (mine index 3340), and the exact boundary is unclear. The reported acreage corresponds to the total of Peabody No. 55 and Springfield No. 4 Mines.
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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
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Sangamon
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15N 5W
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4
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SE SW SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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244
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5.5
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6.0
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5.7
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RPP
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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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| Speed Butler and Company
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Black Diamond
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pre1881-1885 Production and years of operation before 1881 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 20 acres were mined.
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226,210 Production before 1881 is not known.
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| Total Production: 2,814,002
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4103.S33 i5.1-47
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3-25-1930
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1:2400
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1:2400
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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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Sangamon County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.
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| Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.S33 i5.1-47, map of Peabody Coal Company Mine No. 55 (mine Index 3340) - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
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