Mine Index Number: 2088
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Ratcliff Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Ratcliff Mine
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| Start Date:
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1963
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End Date:
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1963
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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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| Production Indicated Acres:
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1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
|
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Pit or tipple
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Fulton
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3N 2E
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14
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NW NW NW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Kerton Creek [1]
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6-15
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2.5-3.0
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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
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Mine notes
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Undated
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine Inspector's reports, courtesy of Joe Pelc, IDNR - Mine type, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS field notes (Fulton County) - Seam, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The mine will be included with the mines in the Colchester Coal. Other mines in this vicinity (14-T3N-R2E and 15-T3N-R2E) that are currently correlated to Colchester Coal may actually be in the Kerton Creek Coal.
