Mine Index 2260 A. H. Sisk, Gold Nugget Mine

Mine Index Number: 2260

Company Name:	A. H. Sisk
Mine Name:	Gold Nugget Mine
Start Date:	1905	End Date:	1918
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	9	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Gallatin

9S 8E

16

SW SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

20-55

4.0-4.83

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Baldwin and Turner (add)	Baldwin and Turner (add)	1905-1906	472

J. O. Baldwin (add)	Golden Nugget (add)	1906-1912	15,210

Dempsey and Walthen (add)	Dempsey and Walthen (add)	1912-1913	2,985

William A. Wather (add)	Wather (add)	1913-1914	2,450

Williams and Lessak (add)	Sunnyside (add)	1914-1915	8,500

Harrison Brothers (add)	Harrison (add)	1915-1916	4,000

Sisk, Flanders and White (add)	Gold Nugget (add)	1916-1917	700

A. H. Sisk (add)	Gold Nugget (add)	1917-1918	650

Total Production: 34,967

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS mined-out area map, area 32

1950

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam.

ISGS mined-out area map, area 32 - Shaft location.