Mine Index Number: 3352
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Springfield Coal and Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Springfield No. 3 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1881
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End Date:
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1911
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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517
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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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| Shaft
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Sangamon
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16N 5W
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24
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SW SE 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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256
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6.6
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MRP
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 2,459,882
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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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| Bauer, et al. map
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4-1982
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1:24000
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1:37680
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Sangamon County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness, ownership.
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| Bibliography
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| Bauer et al., General Outlines of Mined-Out Areas of Springfield (No. 5) Coal, Springfield & Vicinity, 1973, revised 1982 - Mine outline.
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| Bibliography
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| Federal Land Bank of St. Louis, Preliminary Report on Subsidence Investigation, Sangamon County, Illinois, February 9, 1934, J. C. Quade, Mining Engineer - Verification of mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: PB_1105
 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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PB_1105
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| Company:
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Springfield Coal and Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Springfield No. 3
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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02-13-1911
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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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M3352 PB 1105
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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/m3352 PB 1105.zip
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Photographs
Additional Notes
Notes
- ↑ The years of operation and production before 1881 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 30 acres were mined. The production from 1883 to 1885 was reported under Sangamon No. 2 Mine (mine index 807).
Additional Notes
