Mine Index Number: 2162
| Company Name:
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Sherman Ketchum
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| Mine Name:
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Ketchum Mine
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| Start Date:
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1940
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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 1
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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 drift
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Fulton
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6N 4E
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20
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SW SE 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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized. The mine is located near a shaft symbol on the 1934 Federal Land Bank Report map. Previous mining may have taken place nearby.
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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.
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| Mine Inspector’s reports, courtesy of Joe Pelc, IDNR - Mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
