Mine Index Number: 0705
| Company Name:
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Freeman United Coal Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Buckheart No. 17 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1937
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End Date:
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August 1984
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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3,898
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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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| Tipple
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Fulton
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6N 4E
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24
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NE NE SW
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Geology
| Springfield
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45-120
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4.5-5.0
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
In some areas, the Pleistocene deposits were within a few feet of the coal, with black shale below, immediately above the coal. Concretions were common, many over 12 inches long. The coal had no prominent mineral bands, but calcite and kaolinite were abundant on vertical fractures throughout the seam. Pyrite was occasionally present on vertical fractures about 18 inches below the top of the seam in a band that ranged from 12 to 20 inches thick. A horseback was noted in the pit two miles south of the tipple. This part of the mine also had more sphalerite than the pit five miles north of the tipple.
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: 53,949,636
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company, 1-32-32
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6-30-1952
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1:4800
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1:4800
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Not final
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| Company, 1-29-11
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12-31-1968
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1:19200
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1:19200
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Not final
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| USGS map topographic map
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1974
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| NAIP digital ortho-photo quadrangle
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2015
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1:6000
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1:6000
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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, depth, thickness.
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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, mine location, seam, geologic problems.
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| Company map, Coal Section files, 1-32-32 - Tipple, mine outline, mining method.
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| Company map, Coal Section files, 1-29-11 - Mine outline (northern pit, extension of SW pits).
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| USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Canton Quadrangle, 1974 - Mine outline.
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| National Agriculture Imagery Program map, digital ortho-photo quadrangle map - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
