Mine Index Number: 2229
| Company Name:
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Downard Brothers
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| Mine Name:
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Downard Mine
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| Start Date:
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Unknown
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End Date:
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Unknown
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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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| 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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8N 2E
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4
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SE NW NE
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Geology
| Rock Island
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42-45
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2.8
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was 10 feet of hard black limestone. The coal sloped to the south, so that water ran to the shaft bottom. Later field notes indicated the shaft was filled with water to within 22 feet of the surface.
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 (T. E. Savage)
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Undated
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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| ISGS field notes (G. H. Cady)
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11-11-1908
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| 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, geologic problems.
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| ISGS field notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, shaft location, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
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