Mine Index 2457 Spirit of Egypt Mining Company, Spirit of Egypt Mine

Mine Index Number: 2457

Company Name:	Spirit of Egypt Mining Company
Mine Name:	Spirit of Egypt Mine
Start Date:	1917	End Date:	1929
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	23 Production indicates approximately 17 acres were mined.
Portions of the general area of mining were later surface-mined by Creek Paum Mine (mine index 1023).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Jackson

7S 3W

11

SE NE SW

Geology

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

Murphysboro

50

4.0-4.25

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

E. Doerr (add)	Doerr (add)	1917-1920	10,720

Murphysboro Mining Company (add)	Murphysboro (add)	1920-1927	42,033 Production was not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.

Spirit of Egypt Mining Company (add)	Spirit of Egypt (add)	1928-1929	8,400

Total Production: 61,153

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-37

circa 1934

1:31680

1:31680

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine location.

ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-37, sheet 4, work map for Federal Land Bank Report - Shaft location, mine outline.