Mine Index Number: 4968
| Company Name:
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Farr Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Farr Mine
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| Start Date:
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1929
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End Date:
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1944
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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Less than 1
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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1
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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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SE SE SE
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| Air shaft
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Fulton
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6N 3E
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SE SE SE
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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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| John Frasco
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Frasco
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1929-1937
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1,745 Production was not reported from 1930 to 1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year; idle 1937.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351679
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7-22-1940
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1:1200
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1:1241
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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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| Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, thickness.
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| Mine Inspector’s reports, courtesy of Joe Pelc, IDNR - Thickness, mining method.
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| Microfilm map, document 351679, reel 03137, frame 43 - Drift & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
