Mine Index Number: 0249
| Company Name:
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East Cuba Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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East Cuba Mine
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| Start Date:
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1901
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End Date:
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1909
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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129
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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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| Main shaft
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Fulton
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6N 3E
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17
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SW NE SE
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| Air shaft
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Fulton
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6N 3E
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17
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NW NE SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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76
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4.67
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5.33
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5.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The coal contained gas pockets. A paleochannel about 150 feet wide cut through some of the roof rock and some coal. The roof consisted of 2.5 feet of black shale under 6 inches of clod under 2.5 feet of limestone cap rock. Numerous coal balls were present in the black shale. The coal had numerous horsebacks. The lowest 2 inches of coal was generally black jack, consisting of a mixture of pyrite, coal, and shale.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| P. W. Meehan
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Meehan
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1901-1902 The 1895 Plat Book of Fulton County shows a mine near the air shaft location. Some of the area shown on the accompanying map may include older mining.
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33,000
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| Total Production: 377,836
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351633
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1-5-1919
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1:2400
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1:4965
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Secondary source The map is a secondary source but is incomplete as well. The workings on the western side of the mine are unclear in the map image.
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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 351633, reel 03136, frames 447-451, map of Big Creek No. 3 Mine (mine index 2139) - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
