2448

Mine Index Number: 2448

Company Name:	Morgan Coal Company
Mine Name:	Morgan Mine
Start Date:	1929	End Date:	1929
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit / tipple

Jackson

7S 3W

22

SW NW SW

Geology

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

Murphysboro

35

5.67-6.0

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Morgan Coal Company (add)	Morgan (add)	1929-1929 Mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year were not reported from 1930 to 1933. Morgan Mine may have operated longer and produced more than shown.	450
Total Production: 450

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS field note (H. R. Wanless)

9-11-1931

(text only)

1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine location, depth, thickness.

ISGS field notes (Jackson County) - Mine location, mining method.