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Mine Index 5249   Claude Dilts,   Dilts Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Fulton unlocated
County: Fulton
Quadrangle: Farmington West
County Coal Data: Fulton
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 5249

Company Name: Claude Dilts
Mine Name: Dilts Mine
Start Date: 1907 End Date: 1923
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: None
Production Indicated Acres: 2 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main drift Fulton 8N 3E 26 NW SE SE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Herrin 40-60 4.0-5.0 RP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
W. McBride McBride 1907-1912 [1] 3,002
William Dilts Dilts 1912-1919 [2] 2,698
Carl Delts Delts 1919-1920 270
Claude Dilts Dilts 1920-1923 1,252
Total Production: 7,222

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
ISGS field notes (T. E. Savage) Undated 1:62500 1:62500 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, depth, thickness, mining method.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
ISGS field notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, drift location, seam.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. Idle 1909
  2. Idle 1914 and 1916