Mine Index 2927   Claude Pitchford,   Pitchford Mine

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Unlocated Mines In: Macoupin unlocated
County: Macoupin
Quadrangle: Greenfield
County Coal Data: Macoupin
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
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Mine Index Number: 2927

Company Name: Claude Pitchford
Mine Name: Pitchford Mine
Start Date: 1914 End Date: 1941
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown:
Production Indicated Acres: Less than 2 General Area of mining acres shown: 11

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main slope Macoupin 10N 9W 30 SE NE SE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Herrin 15-75 5.0-7.5 RP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Claude E. Pitchford Pitchford 1914-1920 8,043
Claude Pitchford Pitchford 1929-1934 [1] 679
Claude Pitchford Pitchford 1939-1941 430
Total Production: 9,152

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Mine notes Undated (text only) 1:24000 [2] Secondary source
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, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Macoupin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Macoupin County) - Mine type, slope location, depth, thickness.
Federal Land Bank Report (Macoupin County) - Mine location, general area of mining.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/macoupin/thumbnails/hettick_quade_th.jpgThese files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered. Map Type: Federal Land Bank Report
Map ID: Macoupin County
Company:
Mine Name:
Caption:
Map Date: 4-1934
Map Status: Secondary
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Note: Clipped version of the Federal Land Bank Report.

Full Federal Land Bank (Quade) Download

More Info: Hettick quade
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Photographs

Notes

  1. Tonnage not reported for mines producing less than 1000 tons per year from 1930 to 1933.
  2. Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.