Mine Index 0286 Fulton County Coal Company, Fulton County No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0286

Company Name:	Fulton County Coal Company
Mine Name:	Fulton County No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1888	End Date:	March 1914
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	74
Production Indicated Acres:	2 acres mined after the map date.	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Marshall

12N 9E

11

SW SW SE

Air shaft

Marshall

12N 9E

11

SW SW SE

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Colchester

185

2.5-3.0

LW

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Sparland Coal Company (add)	Sparland (add)	1888-1890	21,600

Cumming and Company (add)	Cumming (add)	1890-1894	65,924

Sparland Coal Company (add)	Sparland (add)	1894-1896	26,326

Marquette Coal Company (add)	Marquette (add)	1896-1901	67,734

Marquette Third Vein Coal Company (add)	Marquette Third Vein No. 1 (add)	1901-1907	96,296

Fulton County Coal Company (add)	Fulton County No. 1 (add)	1907-1913	75,265

Fulton County Coal Company (add)	Fulton County No. 1 (add)	1913-1914	10,555 Production after map date

Total Production: 363,700

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352310

4-1-1913

1:2400

1:2234

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness, mining method.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Marshall County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

Mine notes (Marshall County) - Mine type, depth, thickness, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 352310, reel 03138, frame 385 - Mine outline, shaft locations, mining method.