Mine Index 2226 Cedar Creek Coal Company, Cedar Creek Mine

Mine Index Number: 2226

Company Name:	Cedar Creek Coal Company
Mine Name:	Cedar Creek Mine
Start Date:	1931	End Date:	1939
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	11 The source map was incomplete on the west side of the mine, where previous mining took place that was inaccessible to the surveyor in the final years of operation.
Production Indicated Acres:	16	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Fulton

8N 1E

10

SE NE SW

Air shaft (former hoist)

Fulton

8N 1E

10

SE NE SW

Air shaft (original)

Fulton

8N 1E

10

SE NE SW

Geology

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

Rock Island

11-22

4.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

D. W. Buell (add)	Buell (add)	1931-1931	1,182

Avon Coal Company (add)	Avon (add)	1932-1936	28,598

D. W. Buell (add)	Buell (add)	1937-1937	2,289

Avon Coal Company (add)	Avon (add)	1938-1942	7,140

O. W. Buel (add)	Buel (add)	1943-1943	361

Dallefield and Glore (add)	Dallefield and Glore (add)	1943-1946	17,223

Dancy and Glore (add)	Dancy and Glore (add)	1947-1947	Unknown

Cedar Creek Coal Company (add)	Cedar Creek (add)	1948-1948	2,138

Total Production: 58,931

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 355104

12-1948

1:600

1:1117

Final, Incomplete

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, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 355104, reel 03148, frame 73 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.