Mine Index 2848 Salem Coal Company, Salem Mine

Mine Index Number: 2848

Company Name:	Salem Coal Company
Mine Name:	Salem Mine
Start Date:	1886	End Date:	1907
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	26	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Marion

2N 2E

11

SE SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

885

3.75-4.83

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Salem Coal Company (add)	Salem (add)	1886-1889	11,052

Robert Winning (add)	Salem (add)	1889-1890	1,400

J. L. Middleton (add)	Salem (add)	1890-1891	4,500

Salem Coal Company (add)	Salem (add)	1891-1907 Idle 1906	84,250

Total Production: 101,202

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

1:126720

1:126720

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 Report (Marion County) - Shaft location, general area of mining.

Sanborn-Perris Fire Insurance Map, 1908 - Shaft location.