Mine Index 2481 Inland Coal and Washing Company, Inland Mine

Mine Index Number: 2481

Company Name:	Inland Coal and Washing Company
Mine Name:	Inland Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	1907
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	181
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft No. 1

Jackson

8S 1W

8

SE NE SW A shaft was shown in this location (or nearby) on the 1876 atlas. However, the 1882 Coal Report specifically stated that the Big Muddy Coal & Coke Company was new and the mine was new (page 31). No map of the workings have been found for this part of the mine (only a few eastern entries are sketched on the mine map of Black Cat Mine, mine index 2485). The outline shown may include an older mine.

Shaft No. 2

Jackson

8S 1W

8

SE NW SE

Shaft

Jackson

8S 1W

8

SW SW SE

Shaft

Jackson

8S 1W

8

SE SE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

63

3.5

10.0

8.5-9.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Big Muddy Coal and Coke Company (add)	Big Muddy No. 1 and Big Muddy No. 2 (add)	1881-1899	597,195

Big Muddy Coal and Washing Company (add)	Big Muddy (add)	1899-1901	122,437

De Soto Coal and Washing Company (add)	De Soto (add)	1901-1904 Idle 1904	33,000

Inland Coal and Washing Company (add)	Inland (add)	1904-1907	224,172

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352477

3-1923

1:1200

1:2317

Secondary source

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

ca. 1934

1:31680

1:31680

Secondary source

ISGS field notes (E. T. Benson)

8-23-1934

(text only)

1:24000 The shaft locations were plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the shaft location descriptions and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352477, reel 03139, frame 167, map of Black Cat mine (mine index 2485) - Mine outline (eastern part), mining method.

ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-37 sheet 1, composite mined-out area map for Federal Land Bank Report - Shaft locations, mine outline.

ISGS field notes (Jackson County) - Shaft locations.