Mine Index 0132 Al Tarlton, Tarlton No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0132

Company Name:	Al Tarlton
Mine Name:	Tarlton No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1925	End Date:	1939
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	Less than 1
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Saline

10S 7E

13

NE SE SE

DriftThis is labeled “old opening” on the source map, along with the fact that it had caved (suffered roof failure).

Saline

10S 7E

13

NE SE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

45

4.67

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

A. L. Tarlton (add)	Tarlton (add)	1925-1935	1,380

Al Tarlton Microfilm document 352809, dated 1956, shows this mine with a later owner, Greely Coal Company. No production was reported under this name. (add)	Tarlton No. 1 (add)	1938-1939Idle 1936, 1937	360

Total Production: 1,740

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352810

12-27-1955

1:1200

1:1324

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352810, reel 03140, frame 362 - Drift locations, mine outline, mining method.