Mine Index 0849 M. and L. Coal Company, M. and L. Mine

Mine Index Number: 0849

Company Name:	M. and L. Coal Company
Mine Name:	M. and L. Mine
Start Date:	1948	End Date:	February 1958
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None Production indicates approximately 5 acres were mined.
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 slope The Coal Section mine notes indicate the air shaft was located halfway up the hill.

Gallatin

10S 9E

22

SW SW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

38

4.67-5.0

Underground

Geological Problems Reported

Numerous concretions were encountered and caused such difficulty that they contributed to the abandonment of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Ross Glover (add)	Glover (add)	1948-1955 Idle 1949-1955	50

B. and W. Coal Company Operated by Lawrence Boutwell (add)	B. and W. No. 2 (add)	1956-1956	410

Ohio Valley Coal Company (add)	Ohio Valley No. 1 (add)	1956-1956	300

M. and L. Coal Company (add)	M. and L. (add)	1956-1958	21,953

Total Production: 22,713

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

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, slope and air shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

USGS topographic map, Shawneetown Quadrangle, 1959, photorevised 1990 - Slope location.

Field Notes, Geology of Shawneetown and Vicinity, pages 122-123 - Mine location, ownership.