Mine Index 0309 Cantrall Coal Company, Cantrall Mine

Mine Index Number: 0309

Company Name:	Cantrall Coal Company
Mine Name:	Cantrall Mine
Start Date:	1890	End Date:	1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	534
Acres after map date:	52	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Sangamon

17N 5W

8

2680 FSL, 2280 FWL

Air shaft

Sangamon

17N 5W

8

2740 FSL, 2740 FWL

Geology

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

Springfield

213

6.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was a black shale that ranged from 1.5 to 4.0 ft thick. Concretions were common in the black shale. Horsebacks were seen. Pyrite nodules were said to be more numerous near the horsebacks. The floor was 5 to 10 ft of fire clay that heaved when wet.

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Cantrall Co-operative Coal Company (add)	Cantrall (add)	1890-1918	2,474,637

Cantrall Co-operative Coal Company (add)	Cantrall (add)	1918-1919	52,945

Sangamon Coal Company (add)	Sangamon No. 3 (add)	1919-1922	124,514

Buckley Coal Company (add)	Cantrall (add)	1922-1923	34,265

Cantrall Coal Company (add)	Cantrall (add)	1923-1924	1,600

Total Production: 2,687,961

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351196

8-1918

1:2400

1:4303

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 351196, reel 03134, frames 360-361 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.