Mine Index 3217 Samuel Stevenson Coal Company, Stevenson Mine

Mine Index Number: 3217

Company Name:	Samuel Stevenson Coal Company
Mine Name:	Stevenson Mine
Start Date:	1929	End Date:	1941
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3
Acres after map date:	1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft The location of an air shaft was not apparent on the source map.

Randolph

5S 6W

26

NE NE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

33-39

4.5-5.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Samuel Stevenson Coal Company (add)	Stevenson (add)	1929-1937 Production was not reported from 1931 to 1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year.	9,137

Samuel Stevenson Coal Company (add)	Stevenson (add)	1936-1937	1,500 Production after map date

G. and B. Coal Company (add)	G. and B. (add)	1937-1937	450 Production after map date

Barton and Gabriel (add)	Barton and Gabriel (add)	1937-1938	384 Production after map date

Home Fire Coal Company (add)	Home Fire (add)	1938-1938	695 Production after map date

Samuel Stevenson Coal Company (add)	Stevenson (add)	1939-1941	637 Production after map date

Total Production: 12,803

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1027

12-15-1936

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

State archive, IL_1027, courtesy Robert Gibson, IDNR - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.