Mine Index 0764 National Mining Company, National Mine

Mine Index Number: 0764

Company Name:	National Mining Company
Mine Name:	National Mine
Start Date:	1956	End Date:	July 1958
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	3
Acres after map date:	12	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple

Gallatin

9S 8E

23

NE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

4.75

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Carl Wenzel Construction Company (add)	Wenzel Pit No. 1 (add)	1956-1956	924

Carl Wenzel Construction Company (add)	Wenzel Pit No. 2 (add)	1956-1956	18,402

Carl Wenzel Construction Company (add)	Wenzel Pit No. 3 (add)	1956-1956	22,664

Liberty Coal Company (add)	Liberty No. 3 (add)	1957-1957	10,800

Carl Wenzel Construction Company (add)	Wenzel No. 3 (add)	1957-1957	2,000

National Mining Company (add)	National (add)	1958-1958	5,623

Total Production: 60,413

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4102 a-7, sheet 1

1983

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

USGS topographic map

PR 1990

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

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, mine location, seam, thickness, mining method.

ISGS map library, 4102 a-7, sheet 1, work map for Equality Quadrangle Geologic Map - Mine location.

USGS topographic map, Equality Quadrangle, 1959, photorevised 1990 - Mine outline.