Iowa has 300 Abandoned Mind Land AML sites 13 000 acres of abandoned coal mines that affect the landscape primarily in SE Iowa AML sites typically include dangerous piles and embankments highwalls subsidence pit ponds polluted water used for agriculture and human consumption and bare acidic soils that pollute water through erosion sedimentation and AMDA century ago southern Iowa was home to hundreds of surface coal min As the coal boom died so did the companies that mined for it leaving those mines abandoned and open to the elements Today decades after the industry died efforts slowly continue to clean up the deserted mines and reclaim the ground that was once rich with coal
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Missouri currently produces less than two percent of the coal in the United States but it has a history of commercial coal mining going back to pre Civil War days Coal has long been a source of energy used throughout the world to produce fuel Settlers began mining coal in the US in the mid s in Jul 23 32 In Iowa Coal obtained a landfill permit from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources DNR for 103 acres of Star 6 and began using this site as a landfill on a limited basis in conjunction with the strip mine In Iowa Coal hired an engineering firm to design and develop a plan for the operation of a large landfill at Star 14
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Dale Johnson 78 takes a deep breath from his oxygen tank smiles and then dips inside the cardboard box of mining tools in his basement Here s my walking stick he said picking up a 3 Abandoned Towns and Coal Mines in Iowa Hometown Heritage As with many other small towns in Iowa Perry owes part of its origins to coal mining By Iowa had 342 coal mines that employed over miners Thirty years later at the height of coal mining twice as many people were employed as miners with coal
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Iowa s Underground Coal Mines Historic Records Compiled by Mary R Howes Coal has been mined by underground methods in 34 of Iowa s southern and central counti This industry nearly 150 years old began in the s with small drift mines dug into hillside outcroppings of coal and has evolved into a highly mechanized activityIn the Red Rock Coal Company s mine near Melcher was the third largest coal mine in the state This mine produced 187 427 tons of coal that year and employed 345 men Geography Melcher Dallas is located at
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Information sources included surveyed mine maps prepared while the mines were in operation maps and reports prepared by the State Mines Inspectors Office Iowa Geological Survey Annual Reports and other sourc Coal resource related geologic data was also compiled by GSB and is now used to help ascertain mining depths and coal thicknessIn FY Iowa received $28 million in AML funding from OSMRE Iowa has not had any active coal mining since but the state does have over 300 AML sites in the national inventory and has completed reclamation of 104 sit Iowa is among five recipients of the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Awards given for reclamation excellence
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The Consolidation Coal Company was formed in by the merger of the Iowa Central Coal Company and the Black Diamond Mines of Coalfield in Monroe County Iowa and the Eureka Mine in Beacon Iowa By Consolidation Coal Company had 400 employees and in it was purchased by the Chicago and North Western Railway to secure a regional Dale Johnson 78 takes a deep breath from his oxygen tank smiles and then dips inside the cardboard box of mining tools in his basement Here s my walking stick he said picking up a 3
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Bureau of Mines in Coal mine names locations and dates of operation form a large portion of the data Documentation of abandoned coal mines in Iowa was compiled and organized to create the Iowa Mined Lands Data System as part of a contract with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Division of SoilHistoric coal mines with known locations but no available map extents Historical Coal Mines point locations dataiowagov Skip to main content Skip to footer links Go to
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As with many other small towns in Iowa Perry owes part of its origins to coal mining By Iowa had 342 coal mines that employed over miners Thirty years later at the height of coal mining twice as many people were employed as miners with coal production steadily declining in the years afterAbout Coal Min Most abandoned coal mines are found in the East and tend to be small to medium sized Sixty percent of these mines can be found in just three states West ia Pennsylvania and Kentucky Larger sites are found in the West though in much smaller numbers Most abandoned coal mines are located on State owned land
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In the Iowa Central Railroad built a branch along Muchakinock Creek The Consolidation Coal Company was formed in by the merger of the Iowa Central Coal Company the Black Diamond Mines of Coalfield in Monroe County Iowa and the Eureka Mine in Beacon IowaMissouri currently produces less than two percent of the coal in the United States but it has a history of commercial coal mining going back to pre Civil War days Coal has long been a source of energy used throughout the world to produce fuel Settlers began mining coal in the US in the mid s in
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Aug 20 32 Lehigh a small town in Webster County Iowa was built upon two major industries coal mines and brickyards Brickyards made clay from shale excavated at the local coal min Formed into bricks and drain tile the clay was baked in kilns heated by coal from the same minIn FY Iowa received $28 million in AML funding from OSMRE Iowa has not had any active coal mining since but the state does have over 300 AML sites in the national inventory and has completed reclamation of 104 sit Iowa is among five recipients of the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Awards given for reclamation excellence
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Hundreds of central Iowa homes sit on top of old coal min According to the Department of Agriculture there are 192 underground coal mines in Polk County and approximately 2 700 throughout the Iowa Coal is a coal mining company with its principal place of business in Monroe County Iowa Coal began business in At its peak Iowa Coal had over 100 employees and saw profits of several million dollars per year However as the coal mining industry changed and grew more competitive Iowa Coal
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Jun 27 32 This coal mining town in McCreary County was first inhabited in early by mining camps The town of coal miners began to dismantle after a coal mine fire that toppled several min In Kogar bought the remaining homes and renovated them for over night staysAbandoned Towns and Coal Mines in Iowa Hometown Heritage As with many other small towns in Iowa Perry owes part of its origins to coal mining By Iowa had 342 coal mines that employed over miners Thirty years later at the height of coal mining twice as many people were employed as miners with coal
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