Mine Index 0406 Kewanee Fuel Company, Kewanee Fuel Mine

Mine Index Number: 0406

Company Name:	Kewanee Fuel Company
Mine Name:	Kewanee Fuel Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	8.5
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	2.5
Area shown on map is a generalized area only.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Slope

Henry

15N 5E

10

NW The mine notes are unclear and give two different locations for the slope entry; in the SE cor NW and NW NW SE.

Geology

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

Herrin

40

4.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Radcliffe Fuel (add)	Radcliffe Fuel (add)	1934-1934	210

Ratcliffe, Fricke and Fell (add)	Ratcliffe, Fricke and Fell (add)	1935-1935	450

Ratcliffe and Fricke (add)	Ratcliffe and Fricke (add)	1936-1936	900 Production after map date

Ratcliffe Fuel (add)	Ratcliffe Fuel (add)	1937-1942	6,728 Production after map date

Kewanee Fuel Company (add)	Kewanee Fuel (add)	1942-1942	325 Production after map date

Total Production: 8,613

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

8-1935

1:125000

1:125000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Henry County) - Mine type, shaft location.

Federal Land Bank Report (Henry County) - Mine location.