Mine Index Number: 2176
| Company Name:
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Roadside Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Roadside Mine
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| Start Date:
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1939
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End Date:
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January 1953
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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14
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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Not Shown On Map. Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining by Buckheart No. 17 Mine (mine index 0705).
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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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36
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NE NE SW
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| Air shaft
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Fulton
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6N 4E
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36
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NE NE SW
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Geology
| Springfield
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20
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|
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5.0
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
The western side of the north half of the mine had slips, which lead to abandonment of that part of the mine due to the resulting poor roof. The northeastern part of the mine was labeled “squeeze” on the source map.
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
| Microfilm, document 351653
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1-1953
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1:840
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1:1275
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Final
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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, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 351653, reel 03137, frame 16 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, date abandoned, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
