Mine Index Number: 3179
| Company Name:
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Roy Post
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| Mine Name:
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Post mine
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| Start Date:
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1916
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End Date:
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1933
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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1
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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1 The mine is smaller than expected for the reported production. Production indicates the complete mine would be 3 to 4 acres.
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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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6N 3E
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25
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SW NE NE
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| Air shaft
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Fulton
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6N 3E
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25
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SW NE NE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Roy Post
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Post
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1919-1929 Idle 1921; production in 1922 was not reported for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.
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6,208
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| Roy Post
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Post
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1929-1933
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4,170 Production after map date; production in 1930 was not reported for mines producing less than 1,000 tons.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351616
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10-27-1929
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1:360
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1:323
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Not 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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| Microfilm map, document 351616, reel 03136, frame 424 - Drift & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
