Mine Index 2797 Klondike Coal Company, Klondike Mine

Mine Index Number: 2797

Company Name:	Klondike Coal Company
Mine Name:	Klondike Mine
Start Date:	1899	End Date:	1940
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	17
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 2 acres mined 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

6N 7W

8

NW NW SW

Air shaft

Madison

6N 7W

8

NW NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

209

5.0-7.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Mitchell Brothers (add)	Mitchell (add)	1899-1901	1,653

James Mitchell (add)	Mitchell (add)	1901-1902	1,200

John E. Mitchell (add)	Mitchell (add)	1902-1903	1,000

Theodore Schuler (add)	Klondike (add)	1903-1911 Idle 1911	6,619

Hardin and Stregemeier (add)	Klondike (add)	1911-1912	272

Eli Stiegemeier (add)	Klondike (add)	1912-1916	5,050

John Kowalisk (add)	Klondike (add)	1916-1930	12,674 Production after map date

Klondike Coal Company (add)	Klondike (add)	1931-1938	41,712

Klondike Coal Company (add)	Klondike (add)	1938-1940	8,769 Production after map date

Total Production: 78,949

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352334

4-30-1938

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness.

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

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

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

Microfilm map, document 352334, reel 03138, frame 441 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.