Mine Index 0745 Vandell Mining and Coke Company, Vandell Mine

Mine Index Number: 0745

Company Name:	Vandell Mining and Coke Company
Mine Name:	Vandell Mine
Start Date:	1907	End Date:	1908
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
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

Gallatin

9S 8E

24

NE SE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

Geological Problems Reported

The shaft was not completed to the coal because of a water-saturated sand at a depth of 50 feet.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Vandell Mining and Coke Company (add)	Vandell (add)	1907-1908	None reported

ISGS map library, 4107 d5.1-209

1927

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, shaft location, geologic problems.

ISGS field notes (Gallatin County) - Shaft location.

ISGS map library, 4107 d5.1-209, map of G. H. Cady’s field notes - Shaft location.