Mine Index 3268 Lone Star Coal Company, Lone Star Mine

Mine Index Number: 3268

Company Name:	Lone Star Coal Company
Mine Name:	Lone Star Mine
Start Date:	1912	End Date:	1937
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	27
Acres after map date:	1	General Area of mining acres shown:
The boundary between this mine and the Henderson and Chamness Mine (mine index 3607) cannot be distinguished. The area shown includes both mines.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Saline

9S 5E

34

SE NE SE

Air shaft

Saline

9S 5E

34

SE NE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

47

5.0-5.25

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

A fault trends northwest-southeast of the western side of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Tanner, Barkus and Company (add)	Tanner, Barkus and Company (add)	1912-1913	2,645

Lone Star Coal Company (add)	Lone Star (add)	1913-1920	49,929

Carrier Mills Coal Company (add)	Carrier Mills (add)	1920-1922Produced less than 10,000 tons in 1922, not reported	1,809

J. O. Slayden (add)	Slayden (add)	1922-1924	16,500

Lone Star Coal Company (add)	Lone Star (add)	1924-1925	600

J. Render and Render Kelly (add)	Render (add)	1925-1925	2,000

Lone Star Coal Company (add)	Lone Star (add)	1926-1936	47,048

Lone Star Coal Company (add)	Lone Star (add)	1936-1937	5,042Production after map date.

Total Production: 125,573

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352770

11-22-1936

1:2400

1:3314

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, shaft location.

Microfilm map, document 352770, reel 03140, frame 292 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.