Mine Index 2245 Big Six Coal Company, Big Six Mine

Mine Index Number: 2245

Company Name:	Big Six Coal Company
Mine Name:	Big Six Mine
Start Date:	1917	End Date:	May 1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	9	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Fulton

8N 3E

31

NW NE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

4.5-5.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Big Six Coal Company (add)	Big Six (add)	1917-1924 Idle 1921	35,397
Total Production: 35,397

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

3-20-1918

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, thickness, mining method.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Fulton County) - Drift location.