Mine Index 2715   Marshall and Simpkins,   Marshall and Simpkins Mine

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Unlocated Mines In: Livingston unlocated
County: Livingston
Quadrangle: Streator South
County Coal Data: Livingston
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2715

Company Name: Marshall and Simpkins
Mine Name: Marshall and Simpkins Mine
Start Date: 1886 End Date: 1891
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: None
Production Indicated Acres: 23 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft Livingston 30N 3E 1 SW SW SE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Herrin 75-90 5.0 RP

Geological Problems Reported

This mine was closed because of water flowing in from an adjacent abandoned mine.

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Marshall and Simpkins Marshall and Simpkins 1886-1891 106,000
Total Production: 106,000

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, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Livingston County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Livingston County) - Shaft location (identification of ownership).
ISGS map library, 4103.L32 i5.1-23 - Shaft location (verification of mine at this location).

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.