Mine Index 0224 Murphy, Linskey and Kasher Company, Murphy, Linskey and Kasher No. 4 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0224

Company Name:	Murphy, Linskey and Kasher Company
Mine Name:	Murphy, Linskey and Kasher No. 4 Mine
Start Date:	1908	End Date:	April 1916
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	85
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 (6' x 12')

Will

33N 9E

32

SE SE SW

Air shaft

Will

33N 9E

32

SE SE SW

Shaft (old works) The source map indicates workings of an older abandoned mine to the north, which this mine holed into. The extent of the mined area is unknown, but the mined area of old works shown on the source map was incorporated into the outline for this mine. The 1873 Atlas of Will County shows a shaft at this location, indicating that mining was taking place in the early 1870s.

Will

33N 9E

32

SE SE SW

Geology

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

Colchester

78

2.9

3.4

3.1

LW

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was gray shale. Some gas was reported in the mine, reputedly from pockets in the roof.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Murphy, Keenan and Company (add)	Murphy and Keenan No. 4Murphy, Linskey and Kasher operated four mines which were referred to as The Shamrocks. (add)	1908-1909	2,296

Murphy, Linskey and Kasher (add)	Murphy, Linskey and Kasher No. 4Murphy, Linskey and Kasher operated four mines which were referred to as The Shamrocks. (add)	1909-1916	412,544

Total Production: 414,840

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353039

4-1-1916

1:1200

1:1903

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Will County) - Mine type, shaft location and size, seam, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 353039, reel 03141, frames 222-223 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Modesto, (M. J.) Donna, Historian, The Braidwood Story - Mine name.