Mine Index 2198 Rawalt Coal Company, Rawalt Mine

Mine Index Number: 2198

Company Name:	Rawalt Coal Company
Mine Name:	Rawalt Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	1946
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	73
Production Indicated Acres:	8	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Fulton

7N 4E

2

NE NW NW

Air shaft

Fulton

7N 4E

2

NE NW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

116

4.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Rawalt Coal Company (add)	Rawalt (add)	1935-1945	300,470

Rawalt Coal Company (add)	Rawalt (add)	1945-1946	30,602 Production after map date

Total Production: 331,072

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, MSHA_1223

4-1-1945

1:1200

1:1200

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.

State archive, MSHA_1223, courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.