Mine Index Number: 2138
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Little Sister Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Little Sister No. 6 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1942
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End Date:
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August 1945
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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372 [1]
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Pit or tipple
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Fulton
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6N 3E
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20
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NE SW SW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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25
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6.0
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 1,061,56
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| NAIP digital ortho-photo quadrangle
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2004
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1:6000
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1:6000
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, mine location, seam.
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| Bibliography
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| National Agriculture Imagery Program map, digital ortho-photo quadrangle map, Lewistown Quadrangle, 2004 - Mine outline.
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Section files, 1-32-62, map of Central States Collieries - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ In a polygon that includes areas mined by Little Sister No. 6 Mine, United Electric No. 9 Mine (mine index 738), and Triple S Mine (mine index 2148). Production indicates Little Sister No. 6 Mine would have excavated approximately 110 acres.
