Mine Index 3205 Boyd Coal Company, Boyd Mine

Mine Index Number: 3205

Company Name:	Boyd Coal Company
Mine Name:	Boyd Mine
Start Date:	Before 1866	End Date:	1915
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	260 Production indicates approximately 190 acres were mined.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The mine is within a 260 acre general mine outline that also encompasses Davison & Fulton No. 2 Mine (mine index 3204). Although the mine outline is larger than the reported production of both mines, the 1875 atlas indicates mining took place before production was reported.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Randolph

5S 6W

2

SW SE SE

Air shaft

Randolph

5S 6W

1

NE SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

50

5.5-6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

David B. Boyd (add)	Boyd (add)	pre1866-1892 Production and years of operation before 1866 are not known. The 1879 Coal Report indicated 10 acres were mined. The mine was idle in 1891.	166,771

James Davison (add)	Boyd (add)	1892-1893	20,180

D. B. Boyd (add)	Boyd (add)	1893-1895	47,359

Boyd Coal and Coke Company (add)	Boyd No. 1 (add)	1895-1900	245,522

Davison and Fulton (add)	Davison and Fulton (add)	1900-1903	84,396

Boyd Coal and Coke Company (add)	Boyd (add)	1903-1913	403,103

Boyd Coal Company (add)	Boyd (add)	1914-1915	500

Total Production: 967,831

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353339

9-25-1944

1:2400

1:3972

Secondary source

Microfilm, document 353344

4-1938

1:1200

1:2565

Secondary source

WPA, T5S-R6W

circa 1934

1:12000

1:63360

Secondary source

Federal Land Bank of St. Louis Report

circa 1935

1:12000

1:126720

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Microfilm map, document 353339, reel 03142, frames 322 and 323, map of Dobbs Mine (mine index 613) - Mine outline (southern extent), air shaft location.

Microfilm map, document 353344, reel 03142, frame 334, map of Dobbs Mine (mine index 613) - Mine outline (eastern and northeastern parts).

WPA, T5S-R6W - Mine outline (western half).

Federal Land Bank of St. Louis Report (Randolph County) - Mine outline (westernmost extent).

Worthen, A. H., 1866, Geology [of Illinois], Volume I, State Journal Steam Press, Springfield, Illinois, 504p. - Years of operation (p. 283).