Mine Index 3264 Knickerbocker Coal Company, Knickerbocker No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3264

Company Name:	Knickerbocker Coal Company
Mine Name:	Knickerbocker No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1939	End Date:	February 1952
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	35
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Saline

9S 5E

32

SE NE SE

Air shaft

Saline

9S 5E

32

NE NE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

73

4.67

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

C. C. and Claude McNew (add)	McNew (add)	1939-1939	2,300

C. C. McNew (add)	McNew (add)	1940-1940	5,744

Idle		1941-1945

Ingram Coal Company (add)	Ingram (add)	1946-1948	71,145

Knickerbocker Coal Company (add)	Knickerbocker No. 1 (add)	1949-1952	78,213

Total Production: 157,402

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353803

2-22-1952

1:1200

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, seam.

Microfilm map, document 351803, reel 03140, frame 350 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.