Mine Index 2939 Athens-Dawson Fuel Company, Athens No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2939

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Athens-Dawson Fuel Company
Mine Name:	Athens No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1890	End Date:	June 1919
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	330
Acres after map date:	178	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	Menard	17N 5W	6	NW SW NW

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Escape shaft	Menard	17N 5W	6	NW SW NW

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Springfield	200			5.5-6.25	MRP

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Athens Mining Company (add)	Athens No. 2 (add)	1890-1907	1,473,063

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Athens Mining Company (add)	Athens No. 2 (add)	1907-1910	196,190

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Athens Mining Company (add)	Athens No. 2 (add)	1915-1916	126,986

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Athens-Dawson Fuel Company (add)	Athens No. 1 (add)	1916-1917	155,878

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Athens-Dawson Coal Company (add)	Athens No. 2 (add)	1917-1918	179,417

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Athens-Dawson Coal Company (add)	Athens No. 1 (add)	1918-1919	122,657

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 2,254,191

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 352214	2-4-1921	1:2400	1:4800	Secondary source

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
State archive, MSHA_1310	7-1907	1:2400	1:2400	Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Bibliography
Mine notes (Menard County) - Thickness, depth.

Bibliography
Microfilm map, document 352214, reel 03138, frame 272, map of Union Fuel No. 4 Mine (mine index 0034) - Mine outline (northwest).

Bibliography
Company map, state archive, MSHA_1310 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.