Mine Index 0659 Thurmond Coal Company, Colbert Mine

Mine Index Number: 0659

Company Name:	Thurmond Coal Company
Mine Name:	Colbert Mine
Start Date:	1915	End Date:	1950
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	9
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
This mine was later partially surface mined by the Bennett No. 1 Mine (mine index 2285).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope No air shaft or slope was found for this mine, but it was connected underground to the Booten Mine (mine index 230), which was probably used for ventilation.

Gallatin

10S 8E

18

NW NE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

45

4.83

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

James T. Calbert (add)	Calbert (add)	1915-1916	200

James T. Colbert (add)	Colbert (add)	1916-1917	40

Thornton Colbert (add)	Colbert (add)	1917-1920	430

Thornton Colbert (add)	Colbert (add)	1925-1942	6,759

Thurmond Coal Company (add)	Colbert (add)	1943-1950	38,700

Total Production: 45,459

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351554

1-8-1953

1:1200

1:1656

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351554, reel 03136, frame 322 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.