Mine Index 2394   Saratoga Mining Company,   Saratoga Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Grundy unlocated
County: Grundy
Quadrangle: Lisbon
County Coal Data: Grundy
Shown On Map: No
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2394

Company Name: Saratoga Mining Company
Mine Name: Saratoga Mine
Start Date: 1936 End Date: 1937
Type of Mine: Surface
Total acres shown: None [1]
Acres after map date: General Area of mining acres shown:

Not Shown On Map. Not shown on accompanying map because the pit was later enlarged by Northwestern Coal Company’s Morris Mine (mine index 2391).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Pit Grundy 34N 7E 35 SW NE NW

Geology

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

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Saratoga Mining Company Saratoga 1936-1937 24,445
Total Production: 24,445

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Mine notes Undated (text only) 1:24000 [2] Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation, seam.
Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine location.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. Production indicates approximately 6 acres were mined.
  2. The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.