Mine Index 0739   Applegate and Lewis,   West Cuba Mine

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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: 0739

Company Name: Applegate and Lewis
Mine Name: West Cuba Mine
Start Date: 1901 End Date: May 1908
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 76
Acres after map date: General Area of mining acres shown:

Not Shown On Map. The mine was later partially surface mined by the Cuba Mine (mine index 0738) and Little Sister No. 6 Mine (mine index 2138).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft Fulton 6N 3E 19 SW NE NE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Springfield 69 4.25 MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was approximately 2 feet of black shale with a soft wet sandstone above. The mine was closed because the top works burned and the reserves were insufficient to warrant the construction costs of rebuilding.

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Applegate and Lewis West Cuba 1901-1908 510,868
Total Production: 510,868

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Coal Section files, Cuba composite map Unknown (unknown) 1:24000 [1] Secondary source
Federal Land Bank Report 4-20-1933 1:124800 1:124800 Secondary source
Microfilm, document 351648 4-14-1941 1:1200 1:2151 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, geologic problems.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Fulton County) - Shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
Coal Section files, Cuba composite map, courtesy of Frank Krowat and the Cuba School Board - Shaft location, mine outline.
Federal Land Bank Report (Fulton County) - General area of mining.
Microfilm map, document 351648, reel 03137, frame 10, map of Heller Mine (mine index 2136) - Mine outline (southern portion), mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. The map was given to the Cuba School Board by Frank Krowat, a retiree from United Electric Coal Company. The Coal Section borrowed the map in 2000, scanned and returned the map. Notes about the map have been lost.