Mine Index Number: 4088
| Company Name:
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Petersburg Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Petersburg No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1870
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End Date:
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1888
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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119
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| Acres after map date:
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12
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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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| Main shaft
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Menard
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18N 7W
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1
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SE SE SW
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| Escape shaft
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Menard
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18N 7W
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1
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SE SE SW
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| Air shaft
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Menard
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18N 7W
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12
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NE NW NW
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Geology
| Springfield
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65-99
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5.0-8.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The mine was very difficult to work, with many horsebacks and a poor roof. Heavy timbering was required to keep the haulage routes open.
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: 204,750
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Atlas of Menard County
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1874
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1:31680
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1:31680
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Secondary source
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| Company, MSHA_1391
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6-26-1886
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1:1440
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1:1440
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Menard County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Atlas of Menard County, 1874, published by George A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, Illinois - Mine location.
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| Company map, state archive, MSHA_1391 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Plat map:
Map Date: 1874
Coal Co.: Petersburg Coal Company
Mine Name: Petersburg No. 1 Mine
Company: msha_1391
Map Date: 6-26-1886
Coal Co.: Petersburg Coal Company
Mine Name: Petersburg No. 1 Mine
Image Credit: Illinois Department of Natural Resources - Office of Mines and Minerals
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The 1882 Coal Report indicated 15 acres were mined. The 1885 Coal Report indicated that the mine had been in operation for about 15 years and the workings were very extended.
- ↑ Production after map date
