Mine Index Number: 0739
| Company Name:
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Applegate and Lewis
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| Mine Name:
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West Cuba Mine
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| Start Date:
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1901
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End Date:
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May 1908
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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76
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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. The mine was later partially surface mined by the Cuba Mine (mine index 0738) and Little Sister No. 6 Mine (mine index 2138).
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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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| Main shaft
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Fulton
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6N 3E
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19
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SW NE NE
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Geology
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
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Coal Section files, Cuba composite map
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Unknown
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(unknown)
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1:24000 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.
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Secondary source
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| Federal Land Bank Report
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4-20-1933
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1:124800
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1:124800
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Secondary source
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| Microfilm, document 351648
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4-14-1941
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1:1200
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1:2151
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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, geologic problems.
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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) - Shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Coal Section files, Cuba composite map, courtesy of Frank Krowat and the Cuba School Board - Shaft location, mine outline.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Fulton County) - General area of mining.
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| Microfilm map, document 351648, reel 03137, frame 10, map of Heller Mine (mine index 2136) - Mine outline (southern portion), mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
