Mine Index 0845 New Salem Coal Mining Corporation, New Salem Mine

Mine Index Number: 0845

Company Name:	New Salem Coal Mining Corporation
Mine Name:	New Salem Mine
Start Date:	1939	End Date:	April 1965
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	52
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

Menard

18N 7W

36

NW SW SE

Air shaft

Menard

18N 7W

36

SW NW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

147-150

5.5-6.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map shows that old works were encountered in SW NE SW 36-T18NR7W.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Bost and Cappecchi Also known as South Coal Company (add)	South (add)	1939-1940	2,070

Goldie Eades Also known as South Coal Company (add)	South (add)	1941-1942	6,898

Wilson and Whymer (add)	Wilson and Whymer (add)	1942-1949	47,460

H. B. Wilson Coal Company (add)	Wilson (add)	1950-1953	28,501

Wilcox and Verna Coal Company (add)	Wilcox and Verna (add)	1953-1960	81,691

New Salem Coal Mining Corporation (add)	New Salem (add)	1961-1965	34,119

Total Production: 200,739

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352211

11-20-1965

1:2400

1:4634

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Menard County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352211, reel 03138, frames 265, 266 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.