Mine Index Number: 0250
| Company Name:
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Star Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Star No. 3 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1908
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End Date:
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February 1921
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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215
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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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).
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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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| Slope
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Fulton
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6N 3E
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30
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SE NW NE
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| Slope
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Fulton
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6N 3E
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30
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NE NW NE Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining.
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| Air slope
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Fulton
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6N 3E
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30
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NE NW NE
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Geology
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
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Star Coal Company 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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Star No. 3
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1908-1921
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1,058,732
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| Total Production: 1,058,732
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State Archive, MSHA_1203
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3-1-1921
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Final
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| Coal Section files, digital
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Undated
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1:31680
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1:31680
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Secondary source
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| ISGS field notes (H. R. Wanless)
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circa 1927
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1:31680
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1:31680
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Secondary source
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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) - Seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| State Archive, MSHA_1203, courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Slope locations, mine outline (western part), mining method.
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| Coal Section files, digital copy of United Electric Coal Company composite map, courtesy Frank Krowat and the Cuba School Board - Mine outline (eastern part).
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| ISGS field notes (Fulton County), sketch map - Mine outline (central part).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
