Mine Index 2847 Chicago-Sandoval Coal Company, Chicago-Sandoval No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2847

Company Name:	Chicago-Sandoval Coal Company
Mine Name:	Chicago-Sandoval No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1882	End Date:	September 1917
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,418
Production Indicated Acres:	1,750	General Area of mining acres shown:
Mined-out acreage shown includes the area for Sandoval No.2 (mine index 0206). The boundary between the two mines could not be discerned. The area shown onthe accompanying map is smaller than expected for the combined production.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Marion

2N 1E

17

SW SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

603-615

5.5-6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Sandoval Coal and Mining Company (add)	Sandoval No. 1 (add)	pre1882-1908 Production and years of operation before July 1881 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicates 9 acres were mined. The mine was idle in 1908.	2,468,197

Dan Middleton (add)	Sandoval No. 1 (add)	1908-1909	31,920

Chicago-Sandoval Coal Company (add)	Chicago-Sandoval No. 1 (add)	1909-1917	393,891

Total Production: 2,894,008

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

1-1936

1:63360

1:126720

Secondary source

USGS topographic map, Centralia

1914

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Marion County) - Shaft location.

Federal Land Bank (Marion County) - Mine outline.

USGS 15-minute topographic map, Centralia, 1914 - Shaft location.