Mine Index 3216 John McDill, McDill Mine

Mine Index Number: 3216

Company Name:	John McDill
Mine Name:	McDill Mine
Start Date:	Before 1878	End Date:	1905
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	8	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. The mine symbol is not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining by Burning Star No. 3 Mine (mine index 930).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Randolph

5S 6W

23

SW NW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

10-38

4.5-6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

George Stanway (add)	Stanway (add)	pre1878-1884 Production and years of operation before 1878 are not known. The 1879 Coal Report indicates 2 acres were mined.	3,042

Stanway and Morris (add)	Stanway and Morris (add)	1884-1887	1,957

George Stanway (add)	Stanway (add)	1887-1904 Idle 1904	25,518

John McDill (add)	McDill (add)	1904-1905	2,960

Total Production: 33,477

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Atlas Map of Randolph County

1875

1:31680

1:31680

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Atlas Map of Randolph County, 1875 - Slope location.