Mine Index 3274 Junction Coal Company, Junction Mine

Mine Index Number: 3274

Company Name:	Junction Coal Company
Mine Name:	Junction Mine
Start Date:	Unknown	End Date:	1909
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	9
Acres after map date:	75	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Menard

18N 7W

11

NE SW SE

Air / escape shaft

Menard

18N 7W

11

NE SW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

65-100

5.5-6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

J. C. Cabanis and Company (add)	Junction (add)	ca. 1874-1883	27,500 Production prior to 1882 unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 10 acres were mined. The mine was shown on the 1874 plat, but the precise opening year is unknown.

Petersburg Coal Company (add)	Junction, Petersburg No. 2 (add)	1883-1885	37,000 Production after map date

Junction Coal Company (add)	Junction (add)	1885-1886	2,000 Production after map date

J. Wilkins and Company (add)	Junction (add)	1886-1889	54,118 Production after map date

A. E. Estill and Company (add)	Junction (add)	1889-1891	52,446 Production after map date

J. P. Gaffigan (add)	Junction (add)	1891-1893	30,938 Production after map date

J. P. Gaffigan Cooperative Coal Company (add)	Junction (add)	1893-1895	42,850 Production after map date

Petersburg Cooperative Coal Company (add)	Junction (add)	1895-1897	50,000 Production after map date

idle		1898-1900

Junction Cooperative Coal Company (add)	Junction (add)	1900-1902	13,607 Production after map date

Valley Coal Company (add)	Junction (add)	1902-1903	15,000 Production after map date

Ensley Coal Company (add)	Junction (add)	1903-1904	15,260 Production after map date

Manchester Coal Company (add)	Junction (add)	1904-1908	52,216 Production after map date

Junction Coal Company (add)	Junction (add)	1908-1909	2,772 Production after map date

Total Production: 395,707

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352227

3-1-1880

unknown

1:3900

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Microfilm map, document 352227, reel 03138, frame 285 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.

Plat of Menard County, 1874, published by George A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation.