Mine Index Number: 2085
| Company Name:
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Harold Hopkins Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Hopkins No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1955
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End Date:
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April 1958
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Acres after map date:
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Less than 1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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Not Shown On Map. The Hopkins No. 2 Mine was later engulfed by the Sunspot Mine (mine index 865) and is not shown on the accompanying map.
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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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| Pit or tipple
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Fulton
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3N 2E
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6
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SE
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Geology
| Colchester
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15
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|
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2.2
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
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
| Mine Inspector’s report
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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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) - Mine type.
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| Mine Inspector’s reports, courtesy of Joe Pelc, IDNR - Mine location, seam, depth, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
