Mine Index 2275 Little Joe Coal Company, Little Joe Mine

Mine Index Number: 2275

Company Name:	Little Joe Coal Company
Mine Name:	Little Joe Mine
Start Date:	1938	End Date:	1950
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	6
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. This mine is not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining by the I-1 Surface Mine (mine index 1004).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Gallatin

10S 8E

16

NW SE NE

Air drift

Gallatin

10S 8E

16

NW SE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

4.67

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

James Patton (add)	Patton No. 2 (add)	1938-1938	32

James Potter (add)	Potter No. 1 (add)	1939-1939	501

Joe Scarbrough and Company (add)	Scarbrough (add)	1940-1940	515

Hiram Elliott (add)	Pather (add)	1941-1941	514

James Potter (add)	Potter (add)	1942-1947	2,623

Pulliam and Certain (add)	Pulliam and Certain (add)	1948-1948	1,216

Berkel Brothers (add)	Little Joe (add)	1948-1948	1,180

Frank and W. E. Berkel Coal Company (add)	Berkel (add)	1949-1949	10,200

Little Joe Coal Company (add)	Little Joe (add)	1950-1950	1,181

Total Production: 17,962

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351540

4-2-1950

1:1200

1:1324

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351540, reel 03136, frame 305 - Drift locations, mine outline, mining method.