Mine Index 2143 Snowden Ford, Ford Mine

Mine Index Number: 2143

Company Name:	Snowden Ford
Mine Name:	Ford Mine
Start Date:	1929	End Date:	1940
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. The Ford Mine is not shown on the accompanying map due to later surface mining by the Bryant Mine (mine index 0927).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Fulton

6N 3E

25

SE SW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

40

5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Cob Brooks (add)	Brooks (add)	1929-1933	530 Production was not reported from 1930 to 1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year.

E. H. Brooks (add)	Brooks (add)	1934-1934	200

Billings and Brook (add)	Billings and Brook (add)	1935-1935	49

Arthur Billings (add)	Billings (add)	1936-1937 Idle 1937	104

Joe Zaborac (add)	Zaborac No. 2 (add)	1938-1939	1,819

Snowden Ford (add)	Ford (add)	1939-1940	159

Total Production: 2,861

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

1:62500

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, mining method.