Mine Index 2083 Bob Coal Company, Bob Mine

Mine Index Number: 2083

Company Name:	Bob Coal Company
Mine Name:	Bob Mine
Start Date:	1925	End Date:	1934
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2
Acres after map date:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Fulton

3N 1E

24

NE NE NW

Air shaft

Fulton

3N 1E

24

NE NE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Lutz and Grissom (add)	Bob (add)	1925-1927	7,151

Bob Coal Company (add)	Bob (add)	1928-1929	3,683

Bob Coal Company (add)	Bob (add)	1929-1929	1,240 Production after map date

Lutz and Grissom (add)	Bob (add)	1930-1932	6,081 Production after map date

Bob Coal Company (add)	Bob (add)	1933-1934	6,978 Production after map date

Total Production: 25,133

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State Archive, MSHA_1222

9-13-1929

1:240

1:240

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Fulton County) - Seam.

State Archive, MSHA_1222, courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.