Mine Index 0354 Gus Pobany, Edford Mine

Mine Index Number: 0354

Company Name:	Gus Pobany
Mine Name:	Edford Mine
Start Date:	1922	End Date:	1933
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	8	General Area of mining acres shown:
The general area of mining shown on the accompanying map includes the old shaft and another air shaft, which may not be associated with or connected to the Edford Mine.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Henry

17N 2E

28

NE NW NE

Air shaft

Henry

17N 2E

28

NE NW NE

Old Shaft

Henry

17N 2E

28

NE NW NE

Air shaft

Henry

17N 2E

21

SW SW SE

Geology

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

Rock Island

27-29

2.0

5.5

3.0-4.0

Underground

Geological Problems Reported

The coal dipped to the northwest and was characterized by low rolls. The roof rock was 12 to 22 inches of limestone with a great deal of pyrite, overlying 3 feet of black shale. Pyrite lenses were seen in the coal occasionally. The lowest 4 inches of the seam was bone coal. The mine was wet and the underclay heaved readily. For that reason, the mine was worked down the dip, which made haulage more difficult.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Phillis and Benson (add)	Edford (add)	1922-1924	2,350

Wilson and Phillis (add)	Edford (add)	1924-1925	9,431

Phillis and Rodamsky (add)	Edford (add)	1925-1925	414

Rodamsky and White (add)	Edford (add)	1926-1932	14,559

Gus Pobany (add)	Edford (add)	1933-1933	1,410

Total Production: 28,164

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS field notes (H. E. Culver)

1922-1924

(text only)

1:24000 The shaft locations were shown on a sketched map that did not precisely match in configuration of streams and roads that are shown on current USGS topographic maps. The locations were plotted in a similar configuration as shown on the sketch map and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

ISGS field notes (Henry County) - Mine type, shaft locations, depth, geologic problems.

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