Mine Index 2102 Walton and Mendenhall, Walton and Mendenhall Mine

Mine Index Number: 2102

Company Name:	Walton and Mendenhall
Mine Name:	Walton and Mendenhall Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	November 7, 1939
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Fulton

4N 2E

26

SW NE SW

Geology

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

Colchester

40-90

1.67-2.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

William Pribble (add)	Pribble (add)	1936-1937 Idle 1937	279

Walton and Mendenhall (add)	Walton and Mendenhall (add)	1938-1939	285

Total Production: 564

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

1:62500

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

Secondary source

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) - Mine type, drift location, seam, depth, thickness.

Mine Inspector's reports, courtesy of Joe Pelc, IDNR - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method, abandoned date.