Monday, October 24, 2022

Laura, IL: Pioneer Coal Company and "shovel in the water"

Shovel: (Satellite)

Dave Fry posted
Has anyone heard anything else lately about the shovel in the water in Illinois? I haven’t heard anything about it in a while. As low as the lakes are right now might be able to see more of it.
Greg Maloney: Dave Fry Do u know the company?
 
Scott Wenger commented on Dave's post, cropped

Satellite

Dennis DeBruler commented on Greg's comment
It has index 880.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Greg's comment
So here is the company information.

EarthExplorer: Jun 29, 1956 @ 60,000, ARA550330192095

EarthExplorer: Dec 4, 1975 @ 24,000, AR1VDZQ00040106

From the land tattoos, we can see that they started in the southwest part and mined that before there were land restoration regulations. We can see the individual swaths left by the shovel passes in that area. In the rest of the mine, we see the long skinny lakes left by the last pass of the shovel across the land. This shows that an active mine would have to have some serious pumps to remain operational.

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