Mine Index Number: 7209
| Company Name:
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East Mapleton Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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East Mine
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| Start Date:
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1919
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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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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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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 slope
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Peoria
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7N 7E
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20
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NE NE SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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500
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4.5
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5.67
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5.0
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was black shale that adhered to the coal. Many horsebacks were seen in this mine. In 1918, every active room had a horseback. Mining involved removing the 2 to 3 foot width of horseback before reaching coal again. This mine had a great deal of pyrite as well. One persistent band was present 2 feet below the roof. This band was interlaminated with mother coal, and the total thickness ranged up to 6 to 9 inches in some places. The floor had 8 to 12 inches of relief because of the frequent horsebacks, which made a very rough haulage surface. The underclay also contained small pyrite balls or nodules.
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: 113,755
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Mine notes (G. H. Cady)
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7-18-1918
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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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, seam, depth, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Peoria County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Peoria County) - Mine type, slope location, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
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