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|mined-out-area=7,225 {{#info: In an outline that includes areas mined by Little Sister Mine (mine index 674), United Electric No. 9 Mine (mine index 738), and Triple S Mine (mine index 2148). Production indicates United Electric No. 9 Mine would have mined approximately 4,550 acres. |note}} | |mined-out-area=7,225 {{#info: In an outline that includes areas mined by Little Sister Mine (mine index 674), United Electric No. 9 Mine (mine index 738), and Triple S Mine (mine index 2148). Production indicates United Electric No. 9 Mine would have mined approximately 4,550 acres.|note}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:28, December 9, 2022
Mine Index Number: 0738
Company Name: | United Electric Coal Company | ||
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Mine Name: | United Electric No. 9 or Cuba Mine | ||
Start Date: | 1923 | End Date: | May 1971 |
Type of Mine: | Surface | ||
Total acres shown: | 7,225 In an outline that includes areas mined by Little Sister Mine (mine index 674), United Electric No. 9 Mine (mine index 738), and Triple S Mine (mine index 2148). Production indicates United Electric No. 9 Mine would have mined approximately 4,550 acres. | ||
Acres after map date: | General Area of mining acres shown: | ||
Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
Type | County | Township-Range | Section | Part Section |
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Pit or tipple | Fulton | 6N 3E | 28 | SW SW SW |
Geology
Thickness (ft) | |||||
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Seam | Depth (ft) | Min | Max | Ave | Mining Method |
Springfield | 47-73 | 4.75-5.6 | Surface |
Geological Problems Reported
Horsebacks were common and the clay-rich contents of the horseback-rich areas were separated from the loaded coal in the pit. Rolls were common, as were concretions in the roof material. The coal contained numerous shale partings, bone coal bands, and pyrite lenses, usually less than 1 inch thick.
Production
Company | Mine Name | Date | Production (tons) |
United Electric Coal Company | Cuba, or United Electric No. 9 | 1923-1971 | 31,626,286 |
Total Production: 31,626,286 |
Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Source Map | Map Date | Original Scale | Digitized Scale | Map Type |
Coal Section files, 1-29-9 | 12-31-1968 | 1:19200 | 1:19200 | Not final |
USGS topographic map | 1947, PR 1979 | 1:24000 | 1:24000 | Secondary source |
Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation. |
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation. |
Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems. |
Company map, Coal Section files, 1-29-9 - Mine outline, mining method. |
USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Lewistown Quadrangle, 1947, photorevised 1979 - Mine outline. |
Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs