Mine Index 0250 Star Coal Company, Star No. 3 Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Fulton unlocated
	County:	Fulton
	Quadrangle:	Lewistown
	County Coal Data:	Fulton
	Shown On Map:	No
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 0250

Not Shown On Map. Portions of Star No. 3 Mine were later surface mined by Little Sister No. 6 Mine (mine index 2138) and Triple S. No. 1 Mine (mine index 2148).
Company Name:	Star Coal Company
Mine Name:	Star No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1908	End Date:	February 1921
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	215
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Slope

Fulton

6N 3E

30

SE NW NE

Slope

Fulton

6N 3E

30

NE NW NE ^[1]

Air slope

Fulton

6N 3E

30

NE NW NE

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Springfield

45

4.9

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was composed of 2.5 inches of black shale under 12 to 18 inches of limestone cap rock. Few coal balls were found. A few horsebacks were noted in the coal. The coal had a uniform appearance, with a narrow pyrite streak near the top of the seam.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Star Coal Company ^[2] (add)	Star No. 3 (add)	1908-1921	1,058,732
Total Production: 1,058,732

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

State Archive, MSHA_1203

3-1-1921

1:1200

Final

Coal Section files, digital

Undated

1:31680

Secondary source

ISGS field notes (H. R. Wanless)

circa 1927

1:31680

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Fulton County) - Seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

State Archive, MSHA_1203, courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Slope locations, mine outline (western part), mining method.

Coal Section files, digital copy of United Electric Coal Company composite map, courtesy Frank Krowat and the Cuba School Board - Mine outline (eastern part).

ISGS field notes (Fulton County), sketch map - Mine outline (central part).

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

↑ Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining.
↑ The source map shows a slope and air slope formerly mined by William Rowden. Two of the unlocated mines at the back of this document reported under the Rowden name. The earlier mine operated from 1905 to 1919 (as J. C.,C. F., N. A., and Frank Rowden) and the later mine operated from 1917 to 1934 (as William, C. C., C. T., and C. F. Rowden). The Rowden Mine shown on the source map may have been leased by William Rowden and listed in the Coal Reports under the owner’s name.

[1] Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining.

[2] The source map shows a slope and air slope formerly mined by William Rowden. Two of the unlocated mines at the back of this document reported under the Rowden name. The earlier mine operated from 1905 to 1919 (as J. C.,C. F., N. A., and Frank Rowden) and the later mine operated from 1917 to 1934 (as William, C. C., C. T., and C. F. Rowden). The Rowden Mine shown on the source map may have been leased by William Rowden and listed in the Coal Reports under the owner’s name.

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