Mine Index 2498   Crab Orchard Coal Company,   Crab Orchard Mine

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Unlocated Mines In: Jackson unlocated
County: Jackson
Quadrangle: Carbondale
County Coal Data: Jackson
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
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Mine Index Number: 2498

Company Name: Crab Orchard Coal Company
Mine Name: Crab Orchard Mine
Start Date: 1922 End Date: 1927
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: None
Acres after map date: 5 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Mine Jackson 9S 1W 23 SE NW SE

Geology

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

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Crab Orchard Coal Company Crab Orchard 1922-1927 17,629
Total Production: 17,629

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Bulletin 48, Plate I 1925 1:62500 1:62500 Secondary source

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 location.
Lamar, J. E., 1925, Geology and Mineral Resources of the Carbondale Quadrangle, Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 48, 172p., 5 Pls. - Mine location.

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