Mine Index Number: 4435
| Company Name:
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Cardiff Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Cardiff No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1899
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End Date:
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1903
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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61 in Cardiff Coal, 23 in Colchester Coal
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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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| Main shaft
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Livingston
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30N 8E
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23
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NW SW SW
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| Air shaft
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Livingston
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30N 8E
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23
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NW SW SW
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| North slope [1]
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Livingston
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30N 8E
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23
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SW NW SW
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| South slope[2]
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Livingston
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30N 8E
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23
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NW SW SW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
This mine had three explosions in 1903. The first was gas igniting at a gob fire in the old workings down the south slope (Colchester Coal). The other two explosions were also caused by gas in the old works, and were part of the same event (two and 3 days after the first explosion) before ventilation could be repaired. The interval between the seams was only 6 feet, and a portion of the roof to the lower seam had collapsed, allowing ventilation to give oxygen to feed the fire and the No. 1 hoist shaft burned. The No. 1 Mine was abandoned after this series of explosions.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352525
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10-18-1910
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1:2400
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1:4303
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Not final
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| Microfilm, document 352526
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5-16-1907
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1:4800
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1:4800
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Final
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| Coal Report
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1903
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1:2667
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1:2667
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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, mine type, shaft locations, mine outline (Colchester Coal), seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Livingston County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Microfilm map, document 352525, reel 03139, frame 247 - Shaft locations, mine outline (Colchester Coal), mining method, seam.
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| Microfilm map, document 352526, reel 03139, frame 248 - Shaft locations, mine outline (Cardiff Coal), mining method, seam.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ These blind slopes are from the Cardiff Coal down to the Colchester Coal. They do not extend to the surface and are not shown on the accompanying map.
- ↑ These blind slopes are from the Cardiff Coal down to the Colchester Coal. They do not extend to the surface and are not shown on the accompanying map.
