Mine Index Number: 0287
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
|
Middletown Coal Company
|
| Mine Name:
|
Middletown Mine
|
| Start Date:
|
1902
|
End Date:
|
1911
|
| Type of Mine:
|
Underground
|
| Total acres shown:
|
77
|
| Acres after map date:
|
18
|
General Area of mining acres shown:
|
|
|
|
Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
|
County
|
Township-Range
|
Section
|
Part Section
|
| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
|
| Shaft
|
Menard
|
19N 4W
|
19
|
SW NW NE
|
| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
|
| Air shaft
|
Menard
|
19N 4W
|
19
|
SW NW NE
|
Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
|
| Springfield
|
210
|
5.6
|
6.1
|
6.0
|
RPB,HER[1]
|
Geological Problems Reported
A thin overburden, faults and clastic dikes combined to create poor mining conditions.
Production
| Company
|
Mine Name
|
Date
|
Production (tons)
|
| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total Production: 474,724
|
Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
|
| Microfilm, document 352535
|
3-1-1910
|
1:1200
|
1:2069
|
Not final
|
| Bibliography
|
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
|
| Bibliography
|
| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Menard County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
|
| Bibliography
|
| Mine notes (Menard County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
|
| Bibliography
|
| Microfilm map, document 352535, reel 03139, frames 260-261 - Shaft locations, mine outline.
|
Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: IL_2395_01
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
|
Map Type:
|
State Archive
|
| Map ID:
|
IL_2395_01
|
| Company:
|
Middletown Coal Company
|
| Mine Name:
|
Middletown
|
| Caption:
|
|
| Map Date:
|
03-01-1910
|
| Map Status:
|
Not Final
|
| Image Credit:
|
|
| Note:
|
|
| More Info:
|
M0287 IL 2395 01
|
| 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://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/menard/m0287 IL 2395 01.zip
|
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Some pillars were pulled, leading to up to 85% coal recovery over parts of the mine.
- ↑ Approximate production since map date
