Mine Index 2177 Richard Fouts, Fouts Mine

Mine Index Number: 2177

Company Name:	Richard Fouts
Mine Name:	Fouts Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1945
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	4
Production Indicated Acres:	8	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining by Buckheart No. 17 Mine (mine index 0705).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Fulton

6N 4E

36

NW NW SW

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Springfield

70

4.83

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Richard Fouts (add)	Fouts (add)	1936-1942	30,465

Richard Fouts (add)	Fouts (add)	1942-1945	21,951 Production after map date

Total Production: 52,416

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351676

5-26-1942

1:720

1:720

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation. Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351676, reel 03137, frame 40 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.