Mine Index Number: 4535
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Crab Orchard Cooperative Coal Company, Incorporated
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| Mine Name:
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Crab Orchard Cooperative No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1962
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End Date:
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December 1963
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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45
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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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| Tipple / pit
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Williamson
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9S 4E
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30
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N ½ S ¼
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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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50
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4.33
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Surface
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Nelson, Catalog of Coal Mines
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2003
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(text only)
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1:24000 [1]
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Department of Mines & Minerals
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Undated
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Department of Mines & Minerals
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Undated
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.
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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, mine location, seam.
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| Bibliography
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| W.J. Nelson (ISGS), Catalog of Coal Mines in Williamson County - Mine location.
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| Bibliography
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| Department of Mines & Minerals, 7a-02-13, aerial photograph base with surface mines identified - Mine outline.
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| Bibliography
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| Department of Mines & Minerals, 7a-02-14, aerial photograph base with surface mines identified - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: 7a-02-14
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Department of Mines & Minerals
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| Map ID:
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7a-02-14
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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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Undated
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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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7a-02-14 geo
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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/7a-02-14 geo.zip
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Mine Map: 7a-02-13
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Department of Mines & Minerals
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| Map ID:
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7a-02-13
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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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Undated
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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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7a-02-13 geo
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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/7a-02-13 geo.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
