Mine Index 3269 Dodds Coal Company, Dodds Mine

Mine Index Number: 3269

Company Name:	Dodds Coal Company
Mine Name:	Dodds Mine
Start Date:	1918	End Date:	1926
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	36
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

(Possible) shaftNo shafts were labeled on the map. Faint markings may indicate shaft locations to the mine. (Alternatively, they may be buildings on the surface.) The location of these shafts are quite uncertain. The northern shaft is shown by the “uncertain location” symbol on the accompanying map.

Saline

9S 5E

34

NE NE SW

(Possible) shaftNo shafts were labeled on the map. Faint markings may indicate shaft locations to the mine. (Alternatively, they may be buildings on the surface.) The location of these shafts are quite uncertain. The southern location was later surface mined by Blue Bird No. 2 Mine (mine index 3271) and is not shown on the accompanying map.

Saline

9S 5E

34

SE NE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

41

5.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Dodds Coal Company (add)	Dodds (add)	1918-1926Idle 1925	228,399
Total Production: 228,399

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.S32 i5.1-6

7-1-1924

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-6 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mine type, mining method.