Mine Index 2991 Fulton County Coal Company, Fulton No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2991

Company Name:	Fulton County Coal Company
Mine Name:	Fulton No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1913	End Date:	1914
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	7	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft or slope

Mercer

15N 2W

33

SW NW NE

Geology

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

Rock Island

shaft, 50; slope, 10

3.5-3.67

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Fulton County Coal Company (add)	Fulton No. 2 (add)	1913-1914	22,760
Total Production: 22,760

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Coal Section files, Milan Quadrangle

Undated

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

ISGS field notes (D. M. Moody)

summer 1958

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Mercer County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

ISGS field notes (Mercer County) - Mine location.

Coal Section files, undated work map on USGS topographic map, 15-minute Milan Quadrangle - Mine location.