Mine Index 0925 R. and S. Coal Company, Cantrall Mine

Mine Index Number: 0925

Company Name:	R. and S. Coal Company
Mine Name:	Cantrall Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	February 1964
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	107
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

Sangamon

17N 5W

21

SW NW NW

Air shaft

Sangamon

17N 5W

21

NE SW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

217

6.0

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Cantrall Coal Company (add)	Cantrall (add)	1935-1962	550,042

R. and S. Coal Company (add)	Cantrall (add)	1963-1964	9,729

Total Production: 559,771

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351245

3-6-1964

1:2400

1:3972

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351245, reel 03134, frame 495 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.