Mine Index 3006 Wagstaff and Smith, Wagstaff and Smith Mine

Mine Index Number: 3006

Company Name:	Wagstaff and Smith
Mine Name:	Wagstaff and Smith Mine
Start Date:	1914	End Date:	1939
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Morgan

13N 10W

30

NE SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

45-65

4.0-4.5

Underground

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was 1 to 3 feet of clod or soft gray shale under 5 to 10 feet of caprock. The coal seam contained a clay parting, marcasite nodules, and a great deal of pyrite.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Charles Wagstaff (add)	Wagstaff (add)	1914-1924	1,140 Idle 1918-1924

Virden Wagstaff (add)	Wagstaff (add)	1924-1925	880

John Muncie (add)	Muncie (add)	1926-1926	140

Spencer and Wagstaff (add)	Spencer and Wagstaff (add)	1927-1930	2,497

Wagstaff and Smith (add)	Wagstaff and Smith (add)	1931-1939	5,879

Total Production: 10,536

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS field notes (K. W. Stott)

9-9-1927

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 (Morgan County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Morgan County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

ISGS field notes (Morgan County) - Shaft location, geologic problems.