Mine Index Number: 2250
| Company Name:
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Newsam Brothers
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| Mine Name:
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Maplewood Mine
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| Start Date:
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1900
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End Date:
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1911
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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413 [1]
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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150
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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 4E
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11
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SE NE NE
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Geology
| Springfield
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112
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|
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3.75-4.33
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was black shale that was overlain by 2 feet of soft sandstone.
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
| Federal Land Bank Report
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4-1934
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1:42560
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1:42560
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, thickness, mining method.
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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) - Shaft location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Federal Land Bank Report map (Fulton County) - Shaft location, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The area shown on the accompanying map is similar to a general area of mining and probably contains not mined areas within the mine, or may contain workings of unknown previous operators.
