Mine Index 0113 Maplewood Coal Company, Maplewood No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0113

Company Name:	Maplewood Coal Company
Mine Name:	Maplewood No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1886	End Date:	1925
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	652
Production Indicated Acres:	28	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Fulton

8N 4E

11

NE SW NW

Air shaft

Fulton

8N 4E

11

NW SE NW

Air shaft

Fulton

8N 4E

11

SW SE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

122

3.8

5.0

4.2

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Jeff Burbridge (add)	Burbridge (add)	1886-1887	7,680

Burbridge and Parmely (add)	Burbridge and Parmely (add)	1887-1888	14,200

D. J. Parmely and Company (add)	Parmely (add)	1888-1889	10,600

Maplewood Coal Mining Company (add)	Maplewood (add)	1889-1891	19,375

W. L. Pierce and Company (add)	Pierce (add)	1891-1892	20,500

Maplewood Coal Mining Company (add)	Maplewood (add)	1892-1893	66,489

W. L. Pierce and Company (add)	Pierce (add)	1893-1894	37,931

Maplewood Coal and Mining Company (add)	Maplewood (add)	1894-1897	81,893 The 1896 production was not included in the tonnage because the values appeared to be random and unreliable, and not related to the number of employees and days of operation.

W. L. Pearce and Company, lessee (add)	Maplewood (add)	1897-1898	30,887

Newsam Brothers, lessee (add)	Maplewood (add)	1898-1899	22,190

Maplewood Coal Company (add)	Black Hawk (add)	1899-1906	931,200

Maplewood Coal Company (add)	Maplewood No. 1 (add)	1906-1924	1,461,721

Maplewood Coal Company (add)	Maplewood No. 1 (add)	1924-1925	104,255 Production after map date

Total Production: 2,808,921

Production Notes

Some gas was noted in roof falls, especially when the mine was wet. The black shale roof contained a layer of coal balls that sometimes extended down into the top coal. The coal was uniform from top to bottom. Some clay veins were noted, ranging from 3 to 6 inches wide.

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351691

4-1-1924

1:2400

1:5160

Not final

Federal Land Bank Report

4-1934

1:42560

1:42560

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 351691, reel 03137, frame 58 - Shaft locations, mine outline (eastern), mining method.

Federal Land Bank Report map (Fulton County) - Mine outline (western).