Mine Index 3218 Economy Coal and Mining Company, Economy Mine

Mine Index Number: 3218

Company Name:	Economy Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Economy Mine
Start Date:	1905	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	16
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. The mine 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 shaft

Randolph

5S 6W

27

SW SE SW

Air shaft

Randolph

5S 6W

27

SW SE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

37-40

5.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

J. W. Bixby (add)	Bixby (add)	1905-1926 Idle 1907; mines producing less than 10,000 tons were not reported in 1922.	46,596

Harris and Robertson (add)	Harris and Robertson (add)	1927-1935	25,599

Mottin and Layman (add)	Mottin and Layman (add)	1936-1936	400

Economy Coal and Mining Company (add)	Economy (add)	1937-1939	1,487

Mabel Foelsch (add)	Economy (add)	1940-1940	813 Production after map date

Economy Coal and Mining Company (add)	Economy (add)	1941-1942	1,949 Production after map date

Total Production: 76,844

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353345

8-21-1940

1:2400

1:988

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.

Microfilm, document 353345, reel 03142, frame 335 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.