Mine Index 0406   Kewanee Fuel Company,   Kewanee Fuel Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Henry unlocated
County: Henry
Quadrangle: Kewanee North
County Coal Data: Henry
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 0406

Company Name: Kewanee Fuel Company
Mine Name: Kewanee Fuel Mine
Start Date: 1934 End Date: 1942
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 8.5
Acres after map date: General Area of mining acres shown: 2.5

Area shown on map is a generalized area only.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Slope Henry 15N 5E 10 NW [1]

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Herrin 40 4.0 RP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Radcliffe Fuel Radcliffe Fuel 1934-1934 210
Ratcliffe, Fricke and Fell Ratcliffe, Fricke and Fell 1935-1935 450
Ratcliffe and Fricke Ratcliffe and Fricke 1936-1936 900 [2]
Ratcliffe Fuel Ratcliffe Fuel 1937-1942 6,728 [3]
Kewanee Fuel Company Kewanee Fuel 1942-1942 325 [4]
Total Production: 8,613

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Federal Land Bank Report 8-1935 1:125000 1:125000 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Henry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Henry County) - Mine type, shaft location.
Federal Land Bank Report (Henry County) - Mine location.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. The mine notes are unclear and give two different locations for the slope entry; in the SE cor NW and NW NW SE.
  2. Production after map date
  3. Production after map date
  4. Production after map date