Mine Index 3118 Gem Coal Company, Gem Mine

Mine Index Number: 3118

Company Name:	Gem Coal Company
Mine Name:	Gem Mine
Start Date:	1930	End Date:	April 1955
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	16
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

Perry

5S 3W

13

SW NE SW

Air shaft

Perry

5S 3W

13

SW NE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

106

6.58-7.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Langwith Coal Company (add)	Langwith (add)	1930-1934	17,119

City Coal Company (add)	City (add)	1935-1937	9,629

Bolinski Coal Company (add)	Bolinski (add)	1938-1942	22,298

City Coal Company (add)	City (add)	1943-1945	30,109

Millar, Giacoma and Rigdon Coal Company (add)	Millar, Giacoma and Rigdon (add)	1946-1946	5,094

Gem Coal Company (add)	Gem (add)	1948-1955	28,978

Total Production: 113,227

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352136

4-29-1955

1:1200

1:1986

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352136, reel 03138, frame 146 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.