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

Mine Index Number: 3516

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

Main shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

16

NW NW NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

16

NW NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

153

6.8

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

L and N Coal Mining Company (add)	L and N (add)	1889-1891	22,155

Walnut Valley Coal Company (add)	Walnut Valley (add)	1891-1892	5,993

William Skellett Coal Company (add)	L and N (add)	1892-1904	428,064

Fullerton Coal Company (add)	Fullerton No. 1, Skellett (add)	1904-1939	1,226,758

Fullerton Coal Company (add)	Fullerton No. 1, Skellett (add)	1939-1940	8,071

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

Microfilm, document 351035

11-14-1939

1:2400

1:3972

Not final

Microfilm, document 351022

circa 1935-1940

1:12000

1:24828

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

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

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