Mine Index Number: 7233
| Company Name:
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Peoria Co-operative Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Peoria Co-operative Mine
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| Start Date:
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1884
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End Date:
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1889
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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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20
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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60
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A 60-acre general area of mining polygon covers the area that was likely to be minedby the Peoria Co-operative Mine as well as other poorly-known mines in the vicinity.
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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 drift
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Peoria
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8N 7E
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25
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NW SW SW
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Geology
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
| Federal Land Bank Report
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1934
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1:142560
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1:142560
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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, seam, depth, thickness, 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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| Federal Land Bank Report (Peoria County) * - Drift location, mine outline, mining method.
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| * A mine on the Federal Land Bank Report map was used that fit the parameters of the 1885 Coal Report location description of “about one-third of a mile southwest” of the Gorman Mine (mine index 7232).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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