Mine Index 2748   Lincoln Coal Mining Company,   Lincoln No. 1 Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Logan unlocated
County: Logan
Quadrangle: Lincoln East
Lincoln West
Broadwell
Mt. Pulaski
County Coal Data: Logan
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2748

Company Name: Lincoln Coal Mining Company
Mine Name: Lincoln No. 1 Mine
Start Date: 1869 End Date: October 1917
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 940 [1]
Acres after map date: General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Shaft Logan 20N 3W 36 SE SE NE
Air / escape shaft Logan 19N 3W 1 NW NE NW

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Springfield 280 5.0 RP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Lincoln Coal Mining Company Lincoln No. 1 1869-1917 3,209,004 [2]
Total Production: 3,221,078

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Federal Land Bank Report 11-1934 1:126720 1:6250 Secondary source [3]
Microfilm, document 352534 6-23-1910 1:2400 1:4635 Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Logan County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Logan County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
Federal Land Bank Report (Logan County) - Mine outline, shaft locations.
Microfilm, document 352534, frame 03139, frames 258 & 259 - Shaft locations, mine outline (eastern, north central).

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. Possible additional mining north and east of mine.
  2. Coal production was not available for 1869-1878 or 1880-1881.
  3. The survey extent of the mine is 6-26-1918, a final map.