Mine Index 0681 Midland Electric Coal Corporation, Midland Mine

Mine Index Number: 0681

Company Name:	Midland Electric Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Midland Mine
Start Date:	1947	End Date:	1964
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple

Bureau

16N 6E

22

SE SE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

35-106

3.5-4.9

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Midland Electric Coal Corporation (add)	Midland (add)	1947-1964 The mine was not listed from 1948 to 1953. The mine may have been producing from reserves in Henry County during those years.	6,297,886

Total Production: 6,297,886

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Neponset Quadrangle

1983 (Provisional)

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Buda Quadrangle

1983 (Provisional)

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Bureau County) - Mine type, tipple location, seam, depth, thickness.

USGS (7.5') topographic maps, Neponset & Buda (Provisional, 1983) Quadrangles - Mine outline.