Mine Index 2301 Independent Coal Company, Independent Mine

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	Unlocated Mines In:	Gallatin unlocated
	County:	Gallatin
	Quadrangle:	Saline Mines
	County Coal Data:	Gallatin
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
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Mine Index Number: 2301


Company Name:	Independent Coal Company
Mine Name:	Independent Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1875	End Date:	1880
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Gallatin

10S 9E

35

SW SW NW

Air shaft

Gallatin

10S 9E

35

SW NW NW

Geology

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

Dekoven

90

3.0

RP

Davis

116

4.0

RP

Geological Problems Reported

This mine reportedly closed because of water problems with the air shaft. A fault was encountered 60 to 90 feet west of the slope in the Dekoven Coal. The coal was replaced by sandstone there, either by erosion or faulting. The roof was shale.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Independent Coal Company (add)	Country Bank (add)	pre 1875-1880 ^[1]	Unknown ^[2]
Total Production: Unknown ^[2]

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

ISGS field notes (Wallace Lee)

1915

(text only)

1:24000 ^[3]

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, thickness, geologic problems.

ISGS field notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, slope and air shaft locations, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 351452, reel 03136, frame 158 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Worthen Report, Vol. VI, p. 206, Geology of Gallatin County - Mine name, general location, seams, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

↑ The mine was apparently active when Worthen visited before his 1875 publication. Wallace Lee includes the same data in his field notes of 1915, but his additonal information is from the local postmaster. There is no indication that Lee entered the mine or that the mine was active when he visited in 1915.
↑ The Independent Coal Company was not listed in the Coal Reports, which began publication in 1882.
↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

[1] The mine was apparently active when Worthen visited before his 1875 publication. Wallace Lee includes the same data in his field notes of 1915, but his additonal information is from the local postmaster. There is no indication that Lee entered the mine or that the mine was active when he visited in 1915.

[2] The Independent Coal Company was not listed in the Coal Reports, which began publication in 1882.

[3] The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

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