Mine Index 0287 Middletown Coal Company, Middletown Mine

Mine Index Number: 0287

Company Name:	Middletown Coal Company
Mine Name:	Middletown Mine
Start Date:	1902	End Date:	1911
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	77
Acres after map date:	18	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft

Menard

19N 4W

19

SW NW NE

Air shaft

Menard

19N 4W

19

SW NW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

210

5.6

6.1

6.0

RPB,HERSome pillars were pulled, leading to up to 85% coal recovery over parts of the mine.

Geological Problems Reported

A thin overburden, faults and clastic dikes combined to create poor mining conditions.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Middletown Coal Company (add)	Middletown (add)	1902-1910	366,186

Middletown Coal Company (add)	Middletown (add)	1910-1911	108,538 Approximate production since map date

Total Production: 474,724

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352535

3-1-1910

1:1200

1:2069

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352535, reel 03139, frames 260-261 - Shaft locations, mine outline.