Mine Index 2722 Alexander Helm, Helm Mine

Mine Index Number: 2722

Company Name:	Alexander Helm
Mine Name:	Helm Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	1886
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	10	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Livingston

30N 3E

1

SW NE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

76-85

4.5-5.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Alexander Jeffery (add)	Jeffery (add)	1881-1882	1,000

A. Jefferson (add)	Jefferson (add)	1882-1883	5,000

Alexander Helm (add)	Diamond (add)	1883-1886	36,920

Total Production: 42,920

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, mines07a.tif

Undated

1:1200

1:1404

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Livingston County) - Shaft location.

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines07a.tif - Shaft location.