Mine Index 2988   John Boden,   Boden Mine

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Unlocated Mines In: Mercer unlocated
County: Mercer
Quadrangle: Matherville
County Coal Data: Mercer
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
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Mine Index Number: 2988

Company Name: John Boden
Mine Name: Boden Mine
Start Date: 1933 End Date: 1934
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 11
Production Indicated Acres: Less than 1 [1] General Area of mining acres shown: 11

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main drift Mercer 15N 2W 26 SE SE SW
Old shaft Mercer 15N 2W 26 SW SE SW

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Rock Island 35 3.6-4.0 Underground

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
John Boden [2] Boden 1933-1934 2,535
Total Production: 2,535

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Coal Section files, Milan Quadrangle Undated 1:62500 1:62500 Secondary source
ISGS field notes (J. A. Udden) 7-24-1911 1:62500 1:62500 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Mercer County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Mercer County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, depth, thickness.
ISGS field notes (Mercer County) - Shaft location, thickness.
Coal Section files, undated work map on USGS topographic map, 15-minute Milan Quadrangle - Mine outline, drift location, shaft location (printed on 1910 topographic map).
Mined-out area map, O'Neill plan map No. 4, 1950 - Mine type, mine identification.

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Notes

  1. However, the 1910 (15-minute) quadrangle map depicts a shaft within the general area of mining, and other mines may have operated within the general area of mining.
  2. ISGS field notes written by J. A. Udden indicate that the Dog Town Mine operated by Docherty Brothers (mine index 2995) on 7-24-1911 worked at the shaft location shown for Boden Mine (SW SE SW 26-T15N-R2W). It is likely that the 35-T15N-R2W location was not the site for all of the production from 1878 to 1920.