Mine Index 3276 Liberty Coal Company, Liberty Mine

Mine Index Number: 3276

Company Name:	Liberty Coal Company
Mine Name:	Liberty Mine
Start Date:	1963	End Date:	1963
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	29Production indicates approximately 10 acres were mined. The area was mined by various operators and the specific portion mined by Liberty Coal Company could not be distinguished.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit

Saline

9S 6E

29

NE NE

Pit

Saline

9S 6E

20

SE

Geology

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

Herrin

45

4.5

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Chamness Drainage Company (add)	Chamness No. 1 (add)	1963-1963	none reportedAll production was reported under Liberty Coal Company.

Liberty Coal Company (add)	Liberty (add)	1963-1963	70,368

Total Production: 70,368

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS quadrangle and digitized.

Secondary source

USGS topographic map

PR 1990

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

USGS topographic map, Harrisburg Quadrangle, 1961, photorevised 1990 - Mine outline.