Mine Index 2235 Golden Rule Coal Company, Golden Rule Mine

Mine Index Number: 2235

Company Name:	Golden Rule Coal Company
Mine Name:	Golden Rule Mine
Start Date:	1932	End Date:	March 1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	21
Production Indicated Acres:	30	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Fulton

8N 3E

2

SE SE NW

Air shaft

Fulton

8N 3E

2

SW SE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

79-80

3.83-4.17

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Golden Rule Coal Company (add)	Golden Rule (add)	1932-1932	3,911

Chadwick and Foster (add)	Chadwick and Foster (add)	1933-1933	7,843

Golden Rule Coal Company (add)	Golden Rule (add)	1934-1937	52,811

Golden Rule Coal Company (add)	Golden Rule (add)	1934-1942	90,476 Production after map date

Total Production: 155,041

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351599

10-15-1937

1:2400

1:2483

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351599, reel 03136, frame 399 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.