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Mine Index 2681   Salt Well Coal Company,   Salt Well Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: La Salle unlocated
County: La Salle
Quadrangle: Starved Rock
County Coal Data: La Salle
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2681

Company Name: Salt Well Coal Company
Mine Name: Salt Well Mine
Start Date: 1934 End Date: 1939
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
Main drift La Salle 33N 2E 25 SW NE NE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Colchester 52-80 2.33 Underground

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Adam Ampusitis Ampusitis 1934-1937 1,200
Frank Roth Roth 1938-1938 32
Salt Well Coal Company Salt Well 1939-1939 256
Total Production: 1,488

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 1:24000[1] 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 type, drift location, seam, depth, thickness.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.