Mine Index Number: 2139
| Company Name:
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Big Creek Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Big Creek No. 3
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| Start Date:
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1905
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End Date:
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1918
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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259
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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Not Shown On Map. Portions of the northern part of the mine were later surface mined by Cuba Mine (mine index 738).
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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
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Fulton
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6N 3E
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21
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NW SW NW
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| Air shaft
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Fulton
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6N 3E
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21
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NW SW NW
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| Slope
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Fulton
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6N 3E
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16
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SW SW SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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55-65
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|
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4.67-5.16
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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
| Microfilm, document 351633
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1-5-1919
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1:2400
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1:4965
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Final
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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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| Federal Land Bank Report
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4-1913
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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, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 351633, reel 03136, frames 447-451 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Fulton County) - Mine outline (northwestern part).
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.F8 i5.1-50 - Mine outline (northern and eastern parts), slope location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
