Mine Index Number: 0116
| Company Name:
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Simmons Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Simmons Mine
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| Start Date:
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1907
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End Date:
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January 1925
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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297
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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65
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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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7N 4E
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14
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SW SW SW
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| Air shaft
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Fulton
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7N 4E
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14
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SW SW SW
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Geology
| Springfield
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121
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4.0
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4.5
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4.33
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The mine was said to have two faults, one to the north and one to the south. The description indicated that the features were more likely to be channel remnants than true faults, as the workings ran into sand, gravel, and clay. The cap rock was 4 to 10 inches of limestone, with 18 inches of black shale below. A few horsebacks were noted in the mine. The amount of pyrite in the coal was small, and was present as nodules and lenses.
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: 1,745,039
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351695
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7-1-1919
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1:2400
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1:4800
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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, mine type.
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type.
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| Mine notes (Fulton County) - Shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 351695, reel 03137, frame 64 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
