Mine Index 2728 Samuel Simpkins, Simpkins Mine

Mine Index Number: 2728

Company Name:	Samuel Simpkins
Mine Name:	Simpkins Mine
Start Date:	1891	End Date:	February 1893
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	15
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

Livingston

30N 3E

2

SE SE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

55

4.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Samuel Simpkins (add)	Simpkins (add)	1891-1893	56,000
Total Production: 56,000

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, mines07e.tif

Undated

1:1200

1:2800

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, seam.

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines07e.tif - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.