Mine Index 0776 Samuel Sistler and Son, Sistler Mine

Mine Index Number: 0776

Company Name:	Samuel Sistler and Son
Mine Name:	Sistler Mine
Start Date:	1931	End Date:	1938
Type of Mine:	under
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Pope

SW NE SW

12

SW NE SW

Geology

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

Reynoldsburg

2.8

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Sam Sisner (add)	Sisner (add)	1931-1933	550

A. L. Bowman and Company (add)	Bowman (add)	1934-1934	200

Huey Morse (add)	Morse (add)	1935-1935	179

Samuel Sistler and Son (add)	Sistler (add)	1936-1938	283

Total Production: 1,212

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4107 d5.1-250

1976

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 (Pope County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation, seam.

Mine notes (Pope County) - Mine type, drift location, thickness.

ISGS map library, 4107 d5.1-250, Bedrock Geology of a Portion of the Waltersburg Quadrangle, surveyed by Joseph W. Wildman, 1975 and 1976 - Drift location.