Mine Index 2501 Sanders Coal Company, Sanders Mine

Mine Index Number: 2501

Company Name:	Sanders Coal Company
Mine Name:	Sanders Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1947
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Jackson

9S 1W

36

Geology

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

Murphysboro

15-35

6.0-6.25

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Black Cat Coal Company (add)	Black Cat (add)	1934-1935	606

Blake Coal Company (add)	Blake (add)	1936-1936	450

Black Cat Coal Company (add)	Black Cat (add)	1937-1937	228

Best Coal Company (add)	Best (add)	1938-1939	405

Sanders Coal Company (add)	Sanders (add)	1947-1947 Idle 1940-1946	250

Total Production: 1,939

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

(text only)

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.

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

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