Mine Index Number: 2115
| Company Name:
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Buckheart Creek Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Buckheart Mine
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| Start Date:
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1932
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End Date:
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1945
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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32
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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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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5N 4E
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13
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NE NW
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| Air shaft
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Fulton
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5N 4E
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13
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NE NW
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| Drift
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Fulton
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5N 4E
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13
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NE NW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The source map showed falls in all the northernmost rooms, the area closest to the Whitehead Mine (mine index 2116). Bad top was noted in SE SE 12-T5N-R4E, and a “dirt fault” was shown, indicating a lack of solid rock roof (rather than a structural fault).
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 188,607
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351593
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5-15-1945
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1:1200
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1:2152
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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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| Microfilm map, document 351593, reel 03136, frame 391 - Slope, drift & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
