Mine Index 0770 DeCamp Coal and Mining Company, DeCamp Mine

Mine Index Number: 0770

Company Name:	DeCamp Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	DeCamp Mine
Start Date:	1903	End Date:	1913
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	326
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

6N 6W

18

NW SW NE

Air shaft

Madison

6N 6W

18

SW SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

275-280

5.3

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

DeCamp Coal and Mining Company (add)	DeCamp (add)	1903-1913	1,541,401

Total Production: 1,541,401

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352330

7-1915

1:2400

1:4469

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam.

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

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

Mine notes (Madison County) - Shaft location, depth, thickness.

Microfilm, document 352330, reel 03138, frames 436, 437 - Mine outline, shaft locations, mining method.

Microfilm, document 352394, reel 03139, frame 36 - Mining method (shows eastern part of the mine only).