Mine Index 2529 Fred Smith Coal Company, Smith Mine

Mine Index Number: 2529

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Fred Smith Coal Company
Mine Name:	Smith Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1937
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Main slope	Johnson	11S 4E	8	SW SE NE

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Murphysboro	45			3.5	Underground

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Treece and Son (add)	Treece (add)	1936-1936	100

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Fred Smith Coal Company (add)	Smith (add)	1937-1937	135

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 235

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Creal Springs Quadrangle, IGQ-4	1990	1:24000	1:24000	Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Bibliography
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Bibliography
Trask, C. B. and R. J. Jacobson, Geologic Map of the Creal Springs Quadrangle, Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey, Map IGQ-4, 1 sheet - Slope location, seam.