Mine Index 0070 Madison County Coal and Mining Company, Madison No. 4 Mine or Thermal Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Madison unlocated
	County:	Madison
	Quadrangle:	Edwardsville
	County Coal Data:	Madison
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 0070


Company Name:	Madison County Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Madison No. 4 Mine or Thermal Mine
Start Date:	1920	End Date:	March 1940
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	921
Acres after map date:	91	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

4N 8W

23

SW NE NW

Air shaft

Madison

4N 8W

23

NW SE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

204

8.0

5.0-6.0

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Donk Brothers Coal and Coke Company (add)	Donk No. 4, Thermal (add)	1920-1927	2,723,968

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 17 (add)	1927-1931 ^[1]	686,643

Madison County Coal and Mining Company (add)	Madison No. 4, Thermal (add)	1931-1938	670,106

Madison County Coal and Mining Company (add)	Madison No. 4, Thermal (add)	1938-1940	409,597 ^[2]


Total Production: 4,490,314

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Microfilm, document 352376

4-20-1938

1:2400

1:4634

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Madison County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352376, reel 03138, frames 501-505 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

M0070 minenotes.pdf

Mine Images

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	Microfilm
	Map ID:	352376 3138 501-505
	Company:	Donk Brother Coal & Coke Company
	Mine Name:	Madison No. 4
	Caption:
	Map Date:	April 20, 1938
	Map Status:	Not Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:	Used as a Secondary source for Mine Index 2776 also Shows faint workings of Mine Index 285
	More Info:	M0070mrg
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/madison/M0070mrg.zip

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	Archive
	Map ID:	IL_12_06
	Company:	Donk Brother Coal & Coke Company
	Mine Name:	Madison No. 4
	Caption:
	Map Date:	April 20, 1938
	Map Status:	Not Final
	Image Credit:	Illinois Department of Natural Resources - Office of Mines and Minerals
	Note:	Used as a Secondary source for Mine Index 2776 also Shows faint workings of Mine Index 285
	More Info:	Il 12 06
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/madison/m0070 IL 12 06.zip

Photographs

Notes

↑ Idle 1931
↑ Production after map date

[1] Idle 1931

[2] Production after map date

[1]

[2]