Mine Index 3542 Lake Coal Company, Johnson Mine

Mine Index Number: 3542

Company Name:	Lake Coal Company
Mine Name:	Johnson Mine
Start Date:	1896	End Date:	1902
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	70
Production Indicated Acres:	30	General Area of mining acres shown:
The reported production is not sufficient to account for the mine as shown. The mine may have operated under another name prior to 1896.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

2N 9W

35

SW SW SE

Air shaft

St. Clair

2N 9W

35

SW SW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

75

6.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Briar Hill Coal Company (add)	Briar Hill (add)	1896-1897	11,673

Johnson Coal Company (add)	Briar Hill (add)	1897-1899	54,800

Lake Coal Company (add)	Johnson (add)	1899-1902	91,359

Total Production: 157,832

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document351083

2-7-1942

1:1200

1:2400

Secondary source

Microfilm, document 351003

3-5-1901

1:1200

1:1820

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, thickness, depth.

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

Microfilm map, document 351083, reel 03134, frames 188-190, map of Edgemont Mine (mine index 3613) - Shaft location, mine outline (northern), method.

Microfilm map, document 351003, reel 03134, frame 75 - Shaft locations, mine outline (southern).