Mine Index 2943 Old Salem Coal Company, Old Salem Mine

Mine Index Number: 2943

Company Name:	Old Salem Coal Company
Mine Name:	Old Salem Mine
Start Date:	1922	End Date:	1941
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	13
Acres after map date:	2	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

30

NW NW NW

Air shaft

Menard

18N 6W

30

NW NW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

6.83

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Perry Altig (add)	Altig (add)	1922-1924	10,739

Salem Coal Company (add)	Salem (add)	1924-1925	3,556

Park and Jurgens (add)	Park and Jurgens (add)	1925-1925	1,691

Salem Coal Company (add)	Salem (add)	1926-1926	2,460

Bichem and Good (add)	Bichem and Good (add)	1927-1927	1,375

Edward Budd (add)	Budd (add)	1928-1928	300

Old Salem Coal Company (add)	Old Salem (add)	1929-1932	2,205

Riverside Coal Company (add)	Riverside (add)	1933-1933	2,133

Old Salem Coal Company (add)	Old Salem (add)	1934-1938	25,623

Old Salem Coal Company (add)	Old Salem (add)	1938-1941	8,845 Production after map date

Total Production: 58,927

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352213

2-18-1938

1:2400

1:2979

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, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352213, reel 03138, frame 268 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.