Mine Index 0197 Indiana and Illinois Coal Corporation, Indiana and Illinois No. 11 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0197

Company Name:	Indiana and Illinois Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Indiana and Illinois No. 11 Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	May 1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	998
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 shaft (8'x15')

Montgomery

8N 3W

5

NW NE NW

Air shaft

Montgomery

8N 3W

5

SW NE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

465-500

6.0

9.0

7.0-7.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The clod roof would come down and in some places top coal was left to support the roof. At least one roll was present.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Kortkamp Coal Company (add)	Kortkamp No. 1 (add)	1904-1912	1,272,361

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 11 (add)	1912-1915	1,043,230

C. and E. I. Coal Properties (add)	C. and E. I. No. 11 (add)	1915-1918	1,426,115

Illinois Coal Properties (add)	Illinois Coal Properties No. 11 (add)	1918-1919	360,730

Indiana and Illinois Coal Corporation (add)	Indiana and Illinois No. 11 (add)	1919-1924	1,719,356

Total Production: 5,821,792

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, MSHA_409

5-30-1924

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Montgomery County) - Shaft locations, seam, thickness, geological problems.

State archive, MSHA_409, courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.