Mine Index 2282 Gilbert Milligan, Milligan Mine

Mine Index Number: 2282

Company Name:	Gilbert Milligan
Mine Name:	Milligan Mine
Start Date:	1938	End Date:	1950
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
Most of this mine was later surface-mined by the I-1 Surface Mine (mine index 1004).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Gallatin

10S 8E

17

SE SW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

30

4.67

Underground

Geological Problems Reported

The source map indicates that the northern part of the mine and some rooms on the eastern side are old works and they had caved.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Frank McDonald (add)	McDonald (add)	1938-1939	478

W. H. McDonald (add)	McDonald No. 2 (add)	1940-1945	833

Gilbert Millikin (add)	Millikin (add)	1945-1945	32

W. H. McDonald (add)	McDonald (add)	1946-1947	1,300

Gilbert Milligan (add)	Milligan (add)	1948-1948	794

Gilbert Miligan (add)	Miligan (add)	1948-1950	1,944

Total Production: 5,381

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351551

10-8-1948

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 (Gallatin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

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

Microfilm map, document 351551, reel 03136, frame 319 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.