Mine Index 3143 Moon Coal Company, Old Moon Mine

Mine Index Number: 3143

Company Name:	Moon Coal Company
Mine Name:	Old Moon Mine
Start Date:	1882	End Date:	1889
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	10	General Area of mining acres shown:
This mine was likely connected underground to New Moon No. 1 Mine (mine index 3142) and New Moon No. 3 Mine (mine index 2488).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Perry

6S 1W

9

SW NW SW

Air shaft

Perry

6S 1W

9

SW NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

50

6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Jones and Mecklin (add)	Jones and Mecklin (add)	1882-1885 Production and years of operation before 1882 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 5 acres were mined. Idle 1884.	21,000 Production and years of operation before 1882 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 5 acres were mined. Idle 1884.

Moon Co-operative Coal Company (add)	Moon(Old Moon Mine) (add)	1885-1887	6,500

Moore Coal Company (add)	Moore (add)	1887-1888	11,143

Moon Coal Company (add)	Moon (add)	1888-1889	9,802

Total Production: 48,445

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

WPA, T6S-R1W

1940

1:12000

1:55096

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, mining method.

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

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

WPA map, T6S-R1W - Shaft locations.