Mine Index 3516 Fullerton Coal Company, Fullerton No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3516

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Fullerton Coal Company
Mine Name:	Fullerton No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1889	End Date:	1940
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	195
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
A general area of mining has been added to indicate the probable location and extent of the oldest mining, which was not shown on the source map.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Main shaft	St. Clair	1N 8W	16	NW NW NE

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air shaft	St. Clair	1N 8W	16	NW NW NE

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Herrin	153			6.8	MRP

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
L and N Coal Mining Company (add)	L and N (add)	1889-1891	22,155

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Walnut Valley Coal Company (add)	Walnut Valley (add)	1891-1892	5,993

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
William Skellett Coal Company (add)	L and N (add)	1892-1904	428,064

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Fullerton Coal Company (add)	Fullerton No. 1, Skellett (add)	1904-1939	1,226,758

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Fullerton Coal Company (add)	Fullerton No. 1, Skellett (add)	1939-1940	8,071

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 1,691,041

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Microfilm, document 351035	11-14-1939	1:2400	1:3972	Not final

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Microfilm, document 351022	circa 1935-1940	1:12000	1:24828	Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Bibliography
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Bibliography
Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Shaft location, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Bibliography
Microfilm map, document 351035, reel 03134, frame 120 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Bibliography
Microfilm map, document 351022, reel 03134, frame 101, WPA map of T1N-R8W - Mine outline (southwestern).

Mine Notes

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  M3516 coalreport1889 p70.pdf
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  M3516 minenotes.pdf