Mine Index 2046 Max Davidson and Sons, Davidson Mine

Mine Index Number: 2046

Company Name:	Max Davidson and Sons
Mine Name:	Davidson Mine
Start Date:	1918	End Date:	1921
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit

Grundy

34N 7E

35

NE NE SW No evidence for a surface mine at this location is shown on the topographic maps. The location was described in field notes as “halfway between the road and the railroad tracks”. The mine may be east or west of the location shown on the accompanying map.

Geology

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

Colchester

3.0

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Max Davidson and Sons (add)	Davidson (add)	1918-1921	3,311
Total Production: 3,311

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS field notes (Leighton and Culver)

6-2-1920

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Grundy County) - Thickness.

ISGS field notes (Grundy County) - Mine location, mining method.