Mine Index 2898 Ed A. Bauser Coal Company, Bauser Mine

Mine Index Number: 2898

Company Name:	Ed A. Bauser Coal Company
Mine Name:	Bauser Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	1940
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	14
Production Indicated Acres:	40	General Area of mining acres shown:
The outline shown on the accompanying map is smaller than expected for the reported production. Production indicates approximately 40 acres were mined. A general area of mining has been added to the accompanying map to illustrate the approximate size of the mined area.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Macoupin

7N 8W

13

NE SE SW

Air shaft

Macoupin

7N 8W

13

NE SE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

240-245

5.0-6.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Bauser and Truesdale (add)	Bauser and Truesdale (add)	1904-1911	24,357

Ed A. Bauser (add)	Bauser (add)	1911-1936	159,287

Gatschenburger and Voges (add)	Gatschenburger and Voges (add)	1937-1938	3,522

unknown (add)	Bauser (add)	1938-1939	5,591

Ed A. Bauser Coal Company (add)	Bauser (add)	1939-1940	2,420

Total Production: 195,177

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352540

4-27-1940

1:1200

1:1738

Final The map date is final, but the map must be incomplete because the mine outline is much too small for the reported production. The outline shown on the accompanying map is coded final because the portion of the source map that is missing old workings is not clear.

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352540, reel 03139, frame 271 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.