Mine Index Number: 3351
| Company Name:
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Panther Creek Mines, Inc.
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| Mine Name:
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Panther Creek No. 5 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1875
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End Date:
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December 1952
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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1,805
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| Acres after map date:
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9
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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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22
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SE SW NE
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| Air shaft
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Sangamon
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16N 5W
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10
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SW SW SW
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Geology
| Springfield
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244
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5.5
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6.5
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5.8
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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: 10,200,545
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351208
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4-15-1952
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1:2400
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1:5297
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Not final
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| WPA, T16N-R5W
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1938-1940
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1:12000
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1:29333
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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) - Shaft location, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 351208, reel 03134, frames 389-394 - Shaft locations, mine outline.
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| WPA map, T16N-R5W - Mine outline (south part only).
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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
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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WPA
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| Map ID:
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Sangamon, T16N R5W
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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1938-1940
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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Sangamon 16n5w
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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/sangamon/sangamon 16n5w.zip
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Photographs
Additional Notes
Notes
- ↑ Production from 1875-1882 unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 35 acres were mined.
- ↑ Production after map date
Additional Notes
