Mine Index 2589 Solsby and Son, Solsby Mine

Mine Index Number: 2589

Company Name:	Solsby and Son
Mine Name:	Solsby Mine
Start Date:	1928	End Date:	1935
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

Mine

La Salle

31N 3E

16

NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Fullweiler Coal Company (add)	Fullweiler (add)	1928-1933Mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year were not listed in the Coal Reports from 1930 to 1933.	350

Solsby and Fullweiler (add)	Solsby and Fullweiler (add)	1934-1934	300

Solsby and Son (add)	Solsby (add)	1935-1935	250

Total Production: 900

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

1:62500

1:24000The 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 (La Salle County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (La Salle County) - Mine location.