Mine Index 2942 Storey Coal Company, Indian Creek Mine

Mine Index Number: 2942

Company Name:	Storey Coal Company
Mine Name:	Indian Creek Mine
Start Date:	1923	End Date:	1959
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	25
Acres after map date:	1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Menard

18N 6W

17

SW SE NW

Air shaft

Menard

18N 6W

17

SW SE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

140

5.8

6.0

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Indian Creek Coal Company (add)	Indian Creek (add)	1923-1925	5,924

W. F. Sewell and Jesse K. Bell (add)	Indian Creek (add)	1925-1933	53,840 Coal production not available for 1933, but two unidentified mines in Menard County produced less than 1,000 tons each in 1933.

Indian Creek Coal Company (add)	Indian Creek (add)	1934-1958	117,039 Idle 1949

Storey Coal Company (add)	Indian Creek (add)	1958-1958	1,049

Storey Coal Company (add)	Indian Creek (add)	1959-1959	1,053 Production after map date

Total Production: 178,905

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352223

9-22-1958

1:1200

1:2234

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352223, reel 03138, frame 281 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mine type, mining method.