Mine Index 2169 Schaeffer and Munroe, Schaeffer and Munroe Mine

Mine Index Number: 2169

Company Name:	Schaeffer and Munroe
Mine Name:	Schaeffer and Munroe Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1939
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	Less than 1
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

Hoist shaft The source map stated that the intake air was a duct within the hoist shaft.

Fulton

6N 4E

26

NW SW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

80

5.0

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Ford and Munson Coal Company (add)	Ford and Munson (add)	1936-1937	1,233

Ford and Munson Coal Company (add)	Ford and Munson (add)	1938-1938	1,113Production after map date

Schaeffer and Munroe (add)	Schaeffer and Munroe (add)	1939-1939	500 Production after map date

Total Production: 2,846

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351685

12-18-1937

1:1200

1:1490

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

Microfilm map, document 351685, reel 03137, frame 50 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.