Mine Index 0077 Indiana and Illinois Coal Corporation, Indiana and Illinois No. 15 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0077

Company Name:	Indiana and Illinois Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Indiana and Illinois No. 15 Mine
Start Date:	1908	End Date:	October 1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	441
Production Indicated Acres:	136	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (9'x16')

Montgomery

8N 4W

23

NW SE NE

Air shaft (9'x16')

Montgomery

8N 4W

23

NW SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

450-471

6.0-8.0

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The mine notes indicate this mine was filled with gas and that roof falls were a problem.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Montgomery County Coal Company (add)	Taylor Spring (add)	1908-1912	831,018

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 15 (add)	1912-1915	692,431

C. and E. I. Coal Properties (add)	C. and E. I. No. 15 (add)	1917-1918	279,360

Illinois Coal Properties (add)	Illinois Coal Properties No. 15 (add)	1918-1919	247,616

Indiana and Illinois Coal Corporation (add)	Indiana and Illinois No. 15 (add)	1919-1921	490,881

Indiana and Illinois Coal Corporation (add)	Indiana and Illinois No. 15 (add)	1921-1923	782,440

Total Production: 3,323,746

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352595

2-15-1921

1:2400

1:3972

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Montgomery County) - Mine type, shaft location, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352595, reel 03139, frames 434-437 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.