Mine Index Number: 2230
| Company Name:
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Spoon River Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Spoon River 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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11
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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 slope
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Fulton
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8N 2E
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15
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NE NW SW
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| Air shaft
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Fulton
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8N 2E
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15
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NE NW SW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Most of the geological problems noted on the source map were related to areas that are ravines on the topographic map, where the roof and coal may have been eroded. Clod top was noted on the western side, which halted expansion to the northwest. On the eastern side of the mine, areas that were labeled “bad top” were near the ravines, but the easternmost entries hit coal that thinned down to less than 2 feet thick. As the mine extended south, the coal also seemed to thin to 3.17 feet and less
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 351591
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1-27-1038
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1:1200
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1:1572
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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 351591, reel 03136, frame 386 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
