Mine Index 2470 E. H. Birkner, Birkner No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2470

Company Name:	E. H. Birkner
Mine Name:	Birkner No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1937
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1
Acres after map date:	1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Jackson

7S 3W

27

NE SW NW

Air shaft

Jackson

7S 3W

27

NE SW NW

Proposed air shaft

Jackson

7S 3W

27

NE SW NW

Geology

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

Murphysboro

42-48

6.0-8.0

RP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was a dark gray, clay-rich shale overlain by a well-bedded, soft, sandy clay. The bottom 6 inches of coal was bony.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

W. K. W. Coal Company (add)	W. K. W. (add)	1934-1936	3,395

W. K. W. Coal Company (add)	W. K. W. (add)	1936-1936	30 Production after map date

E. H. Birkner (add)	Birkner No. 1 (add)	1937-1937	5,692 Production after map date

Total Production: 9,117

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352510

3-1936

1:1200

1:993

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

ISGS field notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352510, reel 03139, frame 215 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.