Mine Index Number: 3350
| Company Name:
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Panther Creek Mines, Inc.
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| Mine Name:
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Panther Creek No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1900
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End Date:
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1948
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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883
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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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16N 5W
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21
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NE SE SW
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| Air shaft
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Sangamon
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16N 5W
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21
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NE NE NW
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| Air / escape shaft
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Sangamon
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16N 5W
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21
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NE SE SW
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Geology
| Springfield
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200
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5.8
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5.6
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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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| Total Production: 3,216,826
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351208 Map of Panther Creek No. 5 (mine index 3351), used for location of air shaft in north half of section 21.
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4-15-1952
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1:2400
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1:5297
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Final
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| Microfilm, document 351203
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4-1948
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1:2400
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1:3972
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Final
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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) - Depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 351203, reel 03134, frames 370-372 - Shaft locations, mine outline.
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| Microfilm map, document 351208, reel 03134, frame 393 - Shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 351208
Map Date: 4-15-1952
Coal Co.: Panther Creek Mines, Inc.
Mine Name: Panther Creek No. 5 Mine
Photographs
Caption: Houses in northwest Springfield for which claims were paid by a mining company for damages caused by mining coal 5 feet 9 inches thick at a depth of about 200 feet.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Publication: Fig. 44 Cooperative Bulletin 17 – Subsidence in Illinois
Library No.: M-1003
Caption: Houses in northwest Springfield for which claims were paid by a mining company for damages caused by mining coal 5 feet 9 inches thick at a depth of about 200 feet. See M-1003 and M-1006
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Library No.: M-1004
Caption: Houses in northwest Springfield for which claims were paid by a mining company for damages caused by mining coal 5 feet 9 inches thick at a depth of about 200 feet.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Library No.: M-1005
Caption: Houses in northwest Springfield for which claims were paid by a mining company for damages caused by mining coal 5 feet 9 inches thick at a depth of about 200 feet. See M-1004
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-1006
