Mine Index Number: 0030
| Company Name:
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Maplewood Coal Company,
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| Mine Name:
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Maplewood No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1904
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End Date:
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May 1923
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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610
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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160
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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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| Main shaft
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Fulton
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8N 4E
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15
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NW NW SE
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| Air shaft
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Fulton
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8N 4E
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15
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NW NW SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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146
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3.5
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4.2
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The immediate roof was 4 to 6 inches of carbonaceous shale that contained concretions, with 18 to 30 inches of black shale above. The cap rock was 12 to 18 inches of limestone. Pyrite was present as thin bands and some concretions. Clay veins in the coal were common. The underclay was 18 to 24 inches thick and heaved badly when wet.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 2,908,227
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351703
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4-1915
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1:2400
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1:4303
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 351703, reel 03137, frames 77 & 78 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Production was not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.
