Mine Index 2120 Calhoun and Astle Coal Company, Calhoun and Astle Mine

Mine Index Number: 2120

Company Name:	Calhoun and Astle Coal Company
Mine Name:	Calhoun and Astle Mine
Start Date:	1920	End Date:	1947
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	35
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 slope

Fulton

5N 4E

13

NW NW NE

Air slope

Fulton

5N 4E

13

NW NW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

35

6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Bennett and Long (add)	Bennett and Long (add)	1920-1925	4,597 Production was not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.

Straley and Bennett (add)	Straley and Bennett (add)	1925-1927	12,433

Bennett and Wilcoxen (add)	Bennett and Wilcoxen (add)	1928-1928	4,038

Bennett Coal Company (add)	Bennett No. 1 (add)	1928-1932	17,483 Production was not reported in 1932 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons.

Andrew Bennett (add)	Bennett (add)	1933-1944	113,350

Calhoun and Astle Coal Copany (add)	Calhoun and Astle (add)	1944-1947	19,137

Total Production: 171,038

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351686

8-1-1947

1:1200

1:1821

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) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness

Microfilm map, document 351686, reel 03137, frame 51 - Slope locations, mine outline, mining method.