Mine Index 0453 Illinois Power and Light Company, Kerns-Donnewald Mine

Mine Index Number: 0453

Company Name:	Illinois Power and Light Company
Mine Name:	Kerns-Donnewald Mine
Start Date:	1901	End Date:	1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	750
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

Madison

6N 7W

25

NW SW SW

Air shaft

Madison

6N 7W

25

NW SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

264

5.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Kerns-Donnewald (add)	Kerns-Donnewald No. 1 (add)	1901-1922	3,279,283

Illinois Power and Light Company (add)	Kerns-Donnewald (add)	1922-1924	229,581

Total Production: 3,508,864

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.M35 i5.1-15

5-1924

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

Mine notes (Madison County) - Shaft location, depth, thickness.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.M35 i5.1-15 - Mine outline, shaft locations, mining method.