Mine Index Number: 2104
| Company Name:
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Charles Rockwell
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| Mine Name:
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Big Four Mine
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| Start Date:
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1935
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End Date:
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1943
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Acres after map date:
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5
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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Not Shown On Map. The Big Four Mine is not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface-mining by Sunspot Mine (mine index 865).
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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 slope
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Fulton
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4N 2E
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33
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SE NE SE
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| Air shaft
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Fulton
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4N 2E
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33
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SE NE SE
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| Slope The western slope and air shaft belong to an unidentified abandoned mine.
|
Fulton
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4N 2E
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33
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NW SE SE
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| Air shaft The western slope and air shaft belong to an unidentified abandoned mine.
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Fulton
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4N 2E
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33
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NE SE SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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10-50
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|
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5.83-6.0
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MRP
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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
| State archive, MSHA_1238
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1-13-1939
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Not final
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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, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Mine Inspector's reports, courtesy of Joe Pelc, IDNR - Mine location, seam, thickness.
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| State Archive, MSHA_1238, courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
