Mine Index Number: 4861
| Company Name:
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Klingbeil Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Citizens Mine
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| Start Date:
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1907
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End Date:
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1929
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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18
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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18 to 25
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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 [1]
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Sangamon
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17N 7W
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32
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2100 FNL, 500 FWL
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Geology
| Springfield
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102-130
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5.0-5.75
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof consisted of 2.5 feet of black shale directly above the coal, capped by 2.5 feet of limestone.
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
| Federal Land Bank Report
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2-9-1934
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1:125000
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1:125000
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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, mining method, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Sangamon County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, shaft location, mining method, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Sangamon County) - Shaft location, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Federal Land Bank Report: Sangamon County
Map Date: 1934
Coal Co.: Illinois Collieries
Mine Name: Illinois Collieries No. 3 Mine
Full Res Download
Photographs
Additional Notes
Notes
- ↑ 8 ft x 6 ft, divided into two compartments, a 5 ft x 6 ft hoist shaft and a 3 ft x 6 ft air shaft
- ↑ Production was not listed in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.
