Mine Index 3286 Indian Head Coal Company, Indian Head Mine

Mine Index Number: 3286

Company Name:	Indian Head Coal Company
Mine Name:	Indian Head Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	May 1947
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	140
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple / pit

Saline

9S 6E

26

NE SW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

25-40

4.0-5.0

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

John J. Pickford (add)	Pickford (add)	1936-1942Idle 1942	14,750

Indian Head Coal Company (add)	Indian Head (add)	1943-1947	542,579

Total Production: 557,329

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-49 sht.1

4-20-1944

1:74541

1:74541

Secondary source

ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-49 sht.2

6-30-1952

1:74541

1:74541

Secondary source

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, mine location, seam.

ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-49, sheets 1 and 2, map of Consolidated Coal Company and St. Louis Railroad - Mine outline, mining method.