Mine Index 3298 Cottage Grove Coal Company, Cottage Grove Mine

Mine Index Number: 3298

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Cottage Grove Coal Company
Mine Name:	Cottage Grove Mine
Start Date:	1947	End Date:	April 1948
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None
Acres 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
Tipple / pit	Saline	9S 7E	10	NE SW SE

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Herrin	15-30			4.0-5.0	Surface

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Cottage Grove Coal Company (add)	Cottage Grove (add)	1947-1948	37,977
Total Production: 37,977

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
ISGS mine notes	Undated	(text only)	1:24000	Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Bibliography
Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, thickness.