Mine Index 2949 Lincoln Coal Company, Lincoln Mine

Mine Index Number: 2949

Company Name:	Lincoln Coal Company
Mine Name:	Lincoln Mine
Start Date:	1926	End Date:	1944
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	15
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Menard

18N 7W

35

NE SE NE

Air shaft

Menard

18N 7W

36

NW SW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

145

6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

L. J. Flaquet and Company (add)	Flaquet (add)	1926-1926	3,120

Lincoln Coal Company Owned by L. J. Flaquet (add)	Lincoln (add)	1927-1930 Idle 1929 & 1930	7,299

Olowach, Maras and Company (add)	Lincoln (add)	1931-1932 Idle 1932	1,000

Lincoln Coal Company (add)	Lincoln (add)	1933-1939	26,395

Josephine Maras (add)	Lincoln (add)	1940-1940	4,679

Lincoln Coal Company Owned by Josephine Maras in 1941 (add)	Lincoln (add)	1941-1944	14,750

Total Production: 57,243

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352220

4-1944

1:1800

1:1986

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 352220, reel 03138, frame 278 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.