Mine Index 6945   Colchester Coal and Mining Company,   A Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: McDonough unlocated
County: McDonough
Quadrangle: Colchester
County Coal Data: McDonough
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 6945

Company Name: Colchester Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name: A Mine
Start Date: 1893 End Date: 1899
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 7
Production Indicated Acres: 27 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft McDonough 5N 3W 7 NE SE SE [1]

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Colchester 53-60 2.75-2.83 RP, some HER[2]

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Colchester Coal amd Mining Company A 1893-1899 67,451

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Federal Land Bank Report 3-1936 1:124800 1:124800 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (McDonough County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Federal Land Bank Report (McDonough County) - Mine location.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. This location is shown on source maps but was not identified. Colchester Coal Company opened a mine 1893 that was 450 yards east of the mine closed in 1892 (mine index 6206, in the same section), which is in this vicinity.
  2. A miner died in 1898 as the result of a roof fall while he was pulling pillars