Mine Index 0958   Southern Illinois Minerals,   Vergennes No. 4 Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Jackson unlocated
County: Jackson
Quadrangle: Vergennes
County Coal Data: Jackson
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 0958

Company Name: Southern Illinois Minerals
Mine Name: Vergennes No. 4 Mine
Start Date: 1976 End Date: March 1977
Type of Mine: Surface
Total acres shown: None
Acres after map date: 10 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Pit / tipple Jackson 7S 2W 8 N ½ NW

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Murphysboro 30-35 5.0 Surface

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Three States Trucking, Inc. Vergennes No. 4 1976-1976 68,508
Southern Illinois Minerals Vergennes No. 4 1977-1977 9,632
Total Production: 78,140

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Coal Section mine database Undated (text only) 1:24000 [1] Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Jackson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, mine location.
Mine notes (Jackson County) - Seam.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.