Mine Index 0031 Saline County Coal Corporation, Saline County No. 22 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0031

Company Name:	Saline County Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Saline County No. 22 Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	March 1928
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,197
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Slope

Fulton

6N 4E

16

NE SE SW

Air shaft

Fulton

6N 4E

16

NE SE SW

Air shaft

Fulton

6N 4E

16

SE SW SW

Shaft

Fulton

6N 4E

17

W ½ SE NE

Drift

Fulton

6N 4E

18

NW SE NE

Air shaft

Fulton

6N 4E

17

NE NW SE

Air shaft

Fulton

6N 4E

18

NE NE NE Not shown on the accompanying map due to later surface mining

Air shaft

Fulton

6N 4E

7

NE SE NE Not shown on the accompanying map due to later surface mining

Air shaft

Fulton

6N 4E

9

SE SW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

45-85

4.67

5.3

5.0

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Big Creek Coal Company (add)	Big Creek No. 2 (add)	1904-1919	3,522,335

Big Creek Coal Company (add)	Big Creek No. 22 (add)	1919-1923	647,125 The Coal Report did not list production in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons

Saline County Coal Corporation (add)	Saline County No. 22 (add)	1923-1928	818,547

Total Production: 4,988,007

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351682

4-1-1928

1:1200

1:2483

Final

Company, 4103.F8 i5.1-46

4-1-1924

1:1200

1:1200

Not Final The mined area shown on the accompanying map is the approximate size expected for the reported production. This suggests that the mine outline is complete.

Microfilm, document 351471

2-1911

1:1200

1:2317

Not Final The mined area shown on the accompanying map is the approximate size expected for the reported production. This suggests that the mine outline is complete.

Microfilm, document 351464

5-10-1917

1:1200

1:2069

Not Final The mined area shown on the accompanying map is the approximate size expected for the reported production. This suggests that the mine outline is complete.

Company, 4013.F8 i5.1-47

3-4-1925

1:4873

1:4873

Not Final The mined area shown on the accompanying map is the approximate size expected for the reported production. This suggests that the mine outline is complete.

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351682, reel 03137, frame 47 - Mine outline (northwestern), mining method.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.F8 i5.1-46, sheets 1-6 - Mine outline (western), shaft, slope and drift locations, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 351471, reel 03136, frames 215 & 216 - Mine outline (south central).

Microfilm map, document 351464, reel 03136, frames 202-204 - Mine outline (southeastern).

Company map, ISGS map library 4103.F8 i5.1-47 - Mine outline (south central and southeast), shaft locations.