Mine Index 2797 Klondike Coal Company, Klondike Mine

Mine Index Number: 2797

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Klondike Coal Company
Mine Name:	Klondike Mine
Start Date:	1899	End Date:	1940
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	17
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 2 acres mined after map date.	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
Main shaft	Madison	6N 7W	8	NW NW SW

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air shaft	Madison	6N 7W	8	NW NW SW

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Herrin	209			5.0-7.0	MRP

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Mitchell Brothers (add)	Mitchell (add)	1899-1901	1,653

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
James Mitchell (add)	Mitchell (add)	1901-1902	1,200

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
John E. Mitchell (add)	Mitchell (add)	1902-1903	1,000

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Theodore Schuler (add)	Klondike (add)	1903-1911	6,619

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Hardin and Stregemeier (add)	Klondike (add)	1911-1912	272

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Eli Stiegemeier (add)	Klondike (add)	1912-1916	5,050

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
John Kowalisk (add)	Klondike (add)	1916-1930	12,674

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Klondike Coal Company (add)	Klondike (add)	1931-1938	41,712

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Klondike Coal Company (add)	Klondike (add)	1938-1940	8,769

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 78,949

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Microfilm, document 352334	4-30-1938	1:1200	1:1200	Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Bibliography
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness.

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

Bibliography
ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

Bibliography
Mine notes (Madison County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Bibliography
Microfilm map, document 352334, reel 03138, frame 441 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.