Mine Index Number: 2145
| Company Name:
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Frank Strode
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| Mine Name:
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Strode Mine
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| Start Date:
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1931
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End Date:
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1940
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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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| Production Indicated Acres:
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Less than 3
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Not Shown On Map. The mine is not shown on the accompanying map due to later surface mining by the Bryant Mine (mine index 927).
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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 drift
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Fulton
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6N 3E
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25
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NW SW SE
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Geology
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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| Hare Coal Company According to the Department of Mines and Minerals, the mine was sunk in 1931, and was operated by Perry Yocum and Sons. Production was not listed for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year in the Coal Reports from 1930 through 1934. Idle 1935.
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Hare
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1931-1936
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4,670 According to the Department of Mines and Minerals, the mine was sunk in 1931, and was operated by Perry Yocum and Sons. Production was not listed for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year in the Coal Reports from 1930 through 1934. Idle 1935.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Mine notes
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circa 1938
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(text only) The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Federal Land Bank Report
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4-1934
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1:124800
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1:124800
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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, drift location, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Mine Inspector’s reports, courtesy of Joe Pelc, IDNR - Mine history.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Fulton County) - Drift location, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
