Mine Index 2922 W. H. H. Bode, Bode Mine

Mine Index Number: 2922

Company Name:	W. H. H. Bode
Mine Name:	Bode Mine
Start Date:	1878	End Date:	1909
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Production Indicated Acres:	5	General Area of mining acres shown:	52
The general area of mining shown includes mine indexes 2917, 2920, 2921, 2922, 4542 and 4544. This area is likely larger than the actual mined area and may include other unknown mines. This mine may be related to mine index 4545, a slope operated by T. Bielby in 1875 about 900' to the west.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift or shaft

Macoupin

10N 9W

29

NW NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

60

5.0-6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Thomas Beilby (add)	Beilby (add)	1878-1879	150

Rudolph and Beilby (add)	Beilby (add)	1881-1883	1,826

Beilby and Company (add)	Beilby (add)	1883-1885	4,200

Beilby and Rudolph (add)	Beilby and Rudolph (add)	1885-1886	2,000

Beilby and Company (add)	Beilby (add)	1886-1890	9,144

August Bode (add)	Bode slope (add)	1894-1895 Idle 1891-1893	500

W. H. A. Bodi (add)	Bodi (add)	1897-1905 Idle 1896	8,965

W. H. H. Bode (add)	Bode shaft (add)	1908-1909 Idle 1906-1907	250

Total Production: 27,035

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

4-1934

1:126720

1:126720

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Macoupin County) - Drift location, seam.

Federal Lan Bank Report (Macoupin County) - Mine location, general area of mining.