Mine Index 3191 Philip Smith, Old Edgar Mine

Mine Index Number: 3191

Company Name:	Philip Smith
Mine Name:	Old Edgar Mine
Start Date:	Unknown	End Date:	Before 1925
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining by River King Pit No. 6 Mine (mine index 934).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Randolph

4S 6W

35

NE NE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

16

6.0-6.33

Underground

Geological Problems Reported

A black fissile shale was above the coal, and was about 2 feet thick. Above the shale was a limestone cap rock, varying from 3 to 4 feet thick. One visitor said there was no blue band, another said the blue band was present about 15 inches above the bottom of the seam.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Colonel Edgar (add)	Edgar (add)	Unknown	Unknown

N. E. Lessley and Son (add)	Edgar (add)	before 1923 Visitors describe the mine as abandoned in 1923, and refer to the mine as the “Old Edgar” mine in 1925. The notes were unclear as to whether the mine had been worked between the 1923 and 1925 visits, but the water at the coal face in 1923 had accumulated to 2 feet deep.	Unknown

Philip Smith (add)	Old Edgar (add)	before 1925 Visitors describe the mine as abandoned in 1923, and refer to the mine as the “Old Edgar” mine in 1925. The notes were unclear as to whether the mine had been worked between the 1923 and 1925 visits, but the water at the coal face in 1923 had accumulated to 2 feet deep.	Unknown

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS field notes (H. E. Culver)

Circa 1923

(text only)

1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

Secondary source

ISGS field notes (W. B. Goddard)

1925

(text only)

1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

ISGS field notes (Randolph County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.