Mine Index 2146   Tiger Coal Mining Company,   Tiger Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Fulton unlocated
County: Fulton
Quadrangle: Lewistown
County Coal Data: Fulton
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2146

Company Name: Tiger Coal Mining Company
Mine Name: Tiger Mine
Start Date: 1923 End Date: May 1925
Type of Mine: Surface
Total acres shown: None
Production Indicated Acres: 1 [1] General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Pit or tipple Fulton 6N 3E 29 SW SW NE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Springfield 30 4.57 4.8 4.75 Surface

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Tiger Coal Mining Company Tiger 1923-1925 7,965
Total Production: 7,965

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
ISGS map library, 4103.F8 i5.1-71 4-20-1933 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 location, seam, depth, thickness.
ISGS map library, 4103.F8 i5.1-71, work map for Federal Land Bank Report - Mine location

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. The mine location is within a larger surface mine outline, that of United Electric No. 9 Mine (mine index 738).