Mine Index 0714 Litchfield Mining Company, Litchfield Mine

Mine Index Number: 0714

Company Name:	Litchfield Mining Company
Mine Name:	Litchfield Mine
Start Date:	1894	End Date:	1925
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2, Lowell Coal; 224, Litchfield Coal. Production indicates that an additional 2 acres were mined in the Lowell Coal and an additional 40 acres were mined in the Litchfield Coal.
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

Montgomery

9N 5W

32

SE NE NE

Air/escape shaft (6'x10')

Montgomery

9N 5W

32

NE SE NE

Geology

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

Survant (formerly Lowell)

535

2.0

8.0

4.3-7.0

RPB

Litchfield

684-690

4.7-6.33

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The Survant Coal had a boney layer near the bottom of the seam and a sandstone parting in the middle of the seam. The coal was less than 24 inches thick near rolls. The Litchfield Coal contained erosional features near the shaft to the west, and gas was encountered. The coal thinned to the east as well and to the north. Mining proceeded to the south, where unmarketable bone coal was encountered.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Litchfield Mining and Power Company Sunk by Carbon Coal and Manufacturing Company. Originally operated in a thick upper seam, but in the first year, this seam did not prove satisfactory and the shaft was deepened to the lower seam (Litchfield) and the upper seam (Lowell) was abandoned. Production cannot be split among the seams as only total production was reported. (add)	Litchfield (add)	1894-1904	589,118

Illinois Collieries Company (add)	Illinois Collieries No. 7 (add)	1904-1908	273,787

Litchfield Coal Company (add)	Litchfield No. 7 (add)	1908-1909	21,082

Litchfield Coal Company (add)	Litchfield No. 7 (add)	1909-1913	159,814 Production after map date (159,814 tons in Litchfield Coal; 16,394 tons in Lowell Coal)

Litchfield Mining Company (add)	Litchfield (add)	1920-1923 Abandoned 1913-1919; idle 1922	15,056

Litchfield Mining Company (add)	Litchfield (add)	1923-1925	16,394 Production after map date (159,814 tons in Litchfield Coal; 16,394 tons in Lowell Coal)

Total Production: 1,075,251

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_2167_01

5-1909

1:4800

1:4800

Not final

Company, 4103.M62 i5.1-3

3-12-1923

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Montgomery County) - Shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

State archive, IL_2167_01 - Shaft locations, mine outline (Lowell Coal), mining method.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.M62 i5.1-3 - Shaft location, mine outline (Litchfield Coal), mining method.