Mine Index 3007 Morgan County Coal Company, Morgan Mine

Mine Index Number: 3007

Company Name:	Morgan County Coal Company
Mine Name:	Morgan Mine
Start Date:	September 1, 1884	End Date:	1888
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	5	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Morgan

14N 9W

36

NE NE NW

Air shaft

Morgan

14N 9W

36

NW NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

202

4.0-4.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Franklin Coal and Mining Company (add)	Franklin (add)	1884-1884	not reported

Apple Creek Coal and Mining Company (add)	Apple Creek (add)	1884-1886	8,933

Morgan County Coal Company (add)	Morgan (add)	1886-1888	10,969

Total Production: 19,902

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes (B. C. Parks)

1941

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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