Mine Index Number: 2149
| Company Name:
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Canton Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Drakes Mine
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| Start Date:
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1906
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End Date:
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May 1915
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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381
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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 shaft
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Fulton
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6N 4E
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3
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NE SE NE
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| Air / escape shaft
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Fulton
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6N 4E
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3
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SE NE The location of the original air / escape shaft is not known, and is not shown on the accompanying map. A new airshaft was constructed in 1912, about a mile west of the hoist shaft. That location is too vague to use as a pointlocation, and is also not shown on the accompanying map, but is most likely in the W ½ NW 3-T6N-R4E.
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Geology
| Springfield
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56
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5.0
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4.83
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RP
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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
| Coal Section files, 1-19-12
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3-14-1947
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1:24000
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1:24000
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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, mining method, new air shaft location.
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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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| Coal Section files, 1-19-12, property map of United Coal Company - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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