Mine Index 2449 Schmidgall Coal Company, Schmidgall No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2449

Company Name:	Schmidgall Coal Company
Mine Name:	Schmidgall No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1900	End Date:	1912
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	34	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Jackson

7S 2W

5

NE SE NW

Geology

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

Murphysboro

100-120

3.17-3.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Schmidgall Coal Company (add)	Schmidgall No. 1 (add)	1900-1912	98,239

Total Production: 98,239

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS mine database

Undated

1:62500

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

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

ISGS mine database - Shaft location.