Mine Index Number: 2148
| Company Name:
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Triple S Mines, Inc.
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| Mine Name:
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Triple S No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1937
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End Date:
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December 1950
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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372 In a polygon that includes Little Sister No. 6 Mine (mine index 2138), a very small unknown mine (mine index 7456), and a portion of the Cuba Mine (also known as United Electric No. 9 Mine, mine index 738). Production indicates Triple S No. 1 Mine worked out about 200 acres.
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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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Geology
| Springfield
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35-50
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4.67-4.83
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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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| Total Production: 1,498,091
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| NAIP digital ortho-photo quadrangle
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2004
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1:6000
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1:6000
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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, seam, depth, thickness.
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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, mine location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| National Agriculture Imagery Program map, digital ortho-photo quadrangle map, Lewistown Quadrangle, 2004 - Mine outline.
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| Coal Section files, strip mine updates, 1938 - Mine location.
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| Coal Section files, 6-252x, 6-252s, maps from United Electric Coal Company showing property ownership - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
