Mine Index 2760 Buxton Coal Company, Buxton Mine

Mine Index Number: 2760

Company Name:	Buxton Coal Company
Mine Name:	Buxton Mine
Start Date:	1898	End Date:	January 1937
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	63
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

3N 8W

26

SE NW SE

Air shaft

Madison

3N 8W

26

SE NW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

180

7.5-7.6

MRP, RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Independent Coal Company (add)	Independent (add)	1898-1901	164,637

Illinois Hydraulic Press Brick Company (add)	Illinois Hydraulic Press Brick (add)	1907-1908	120

Independent Coal Company (add)	Independent (add)	1908-1911	55,395

Hydraulic Press Brick Company (add)	Hydraulic Press Brick (add)	1911-1913	34,443

Independent Coal Company (add)	Independent (add)	1913-1914	16,062

Hydraulic Press Brick Company (add)	Hydraulic Press Brick (add)	1914-1917	24,943

Independent Coal Company (add)	Independent (add)	1917-1920	8,524

Hydraulic Press Brick Company (add)	Hydraulic Press Brick (add)	1920-1930	60,103

Buxton Coal Company (add)	Buxton (add)	1934-1937	65,057

Total Production: 429,294

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352359

2-2-1937

1:1200

1:1655

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Microfilm map, document 352359, reel 03138, frame 474 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine notes (Madison County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.