Mine Index Number: 4093
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Knight and Turner Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Knight and Turner Mine
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| Start Date:
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1937
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End Date:
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December 1953
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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74
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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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| Main slope
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Williamson
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9S 4E
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19
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NW NW NW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Williamson
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9S 4E
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19
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NW NW 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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96-150
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4.33-4.5
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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: 265,868
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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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| State archive, msha_575_01
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11-8-1953
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Final [1]
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| State archive map, msha_575_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: msha_575_01
 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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msha_575_01
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| Company:
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Knight and Turner Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Knight and Turner
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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11-08-1953
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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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M4093 msha 575 01
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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/williamson/m4093 msha 575 01.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The source map states “Final Survey”. The Coal Report production listed for December 1953 may have come from a stockpile rather than additional mining.
