Mine Index 2799 Interstate Coal and Mining Company, McDonald Mine

Mine Index Number: 2799

Company Name:	Interstate Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	McDonald Mine
Start Date:	1882	End Date:	1909
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	46
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The area shown is 3 to 5 acres smaller than the area estimated from the production. The source map is poor, showing only an outline of the mine, and not the internal workings.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

6N 7W

24

NW SW NE

Air shaft

Madison

6N 7W

24

NW SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

275-300

7.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Dr. McDonald (add)	McDonald (add)	1882-1886	89,846

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	McDonald (add)	1886-1896	21,874

Firman Coal Company (add)	McDonald (add)	1896-1897	951

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	McDonald (add)	1897-1902	2,268

Interstate Coal and Mining Company (add)	McDonald (add)	1902-1909	231,083

Total Production: 346,022

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352331

4-1909

1:2400

1:4966

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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) - Seam, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352331, reel 03138, frame 438 - Mine outline, shaft locations.