Mine Index 3004 Farmersville Coal Mining Company, Farmersville No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3004

Company Name:	Farmersville Coal Mining Company
Mine Name:	Farmersville No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1907	End Date:	January 1915
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	59
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

Montgomery

11N 5W

4

SW NW NE

Air shaft

Montgomery

11N 5W

4

SW NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

360-375

7.5-9.5

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Farmersville Coal Mining Company (add)	Farmersville No. 1 (add)	1907-1915	372,781
Total Production: 372,781

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, PC_02_01

11-24-1971

1:12000

1:12000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.

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

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

State archive, PC_02_01, map of Crown No. 1 Mine (mine index 0707) - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Company map, microfilm, document 352582, reel 03139, frame 382 - Shaft type.