Mine Index Number: 2173
| Company Name:
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William Scripps Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Buckheart Mine
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| Start Date:
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1891
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End Date:
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1908
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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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155
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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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29
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NE NE NE
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Geology
| Springfield
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60-90
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|
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4.5-5.0
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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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| W. D. Myers
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Buckheart
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1905-1908 The 1908 Coal Report stated that the former Whitebreast Fuel Company, Mine D was sold to Big Creek Coal Company. It is likely that William Scripps leased the mine. It appears that two operators worked the mine in 1907 and 1908. Perhaps there were two hoist shafts and the dual operators worked different portions of the mine.
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47,803
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| William Scripps Coal Company It appears that two operators worked the mine in 1907 and 1908. Perhaps there were two hoist shafts and the dual operators worked different portions of the mine.
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Buckheart
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1907-1908 It appears that two operators worked the mine in 1907 and 1908. Perhaps there were two hoist shafts and the dual operators worked different portions of the mine.
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4,860
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| Total Production: 649,626
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State archive, PB_1103
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2-2-1933
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1:12000
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1:12000
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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, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| State archive, PB_1103 (map of drill holes & land ownership), courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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