Mine Index Number: 3197
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Illinois Fuel Company
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| Mine Name:
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Illinois Fuel No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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Before 1875
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End Date:
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1901
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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21
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The outline shown on the accompanying map is smaller than expected for the reported production. Production indicates approximately 50 acres were mined.
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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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| Main shaft
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Randolph
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5S 5W
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22
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NW NW SW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Shaft
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Randolph
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5S 5W
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22
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NW NW SW [1]
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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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22-40
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5.0-6.0
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RP
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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: 232,566
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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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| Federal Land Bank Report
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7-1934
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1:126720
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1:126720
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Standard Atlas of Randolph County
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1901
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1:31680
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1:31680
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Randolph County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Randolph County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Randolph County) - Mine outline.
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| Bibliography
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| Standard Atlas of Randolph County, 1901 - Shaft location.
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| Bibliography
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| Atlas of Randolph County, 1875 - Shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The shaft was shown on the land of A. Gillis in the 1875 Atlas of Randolph County. The mining operations may not be directly connected underground to the Randolph Coal & Mining Company operations in 1883.
- ↑ Mining may have taken place as early as 1875. Production, ownership, and years of operation before July 1881 are not known.
