Mine Index Number: 2237
| Company Name:
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Rapatee Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Rapatee Mine
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| Start Date:
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1934
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End Date:
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April 1937
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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4
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Not Shown On Map. The northern part of the mine, including the shaft and air shaft vicinity, were later surface-mined by Middle Grove Mine (mine index 621)
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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 3E
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3
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SE SE NW
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| Air shaft
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Fulton
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8N 3E
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3
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SE SE NW
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Geology
| Springfield
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40-47
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3.9-4.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The mine was abandoned because there were too many horsebacks. The source map indicated westward expansion was limited by a “fault” that was likely the sub crop of the Springfield Coal.
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
| Rapatee Coal Company
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7-16-1937
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1:1200
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1:075
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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, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 351594, reel 03136, frame 393 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
