Mine Index 3290 Saline County Coal Company, Saline County No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3290

Company Name:	Saline County Coal Company
Mine Name:	Saline County No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1894	End Date:	1912
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	102Production also indicates this mine should encompass approximately 300 acres; the area shown on the accompanying map is too small for the reported production. It is likely that part of the outline shown on the accompanying map for Saline County No. 2 (mine index 450) should be included with this mine.
Acres after map date:	11	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Saline

9S 6E

31

SW NW NE

Air shaft

Saline

9S 6E

31

NE NW NE This mine appears to share an air shaft with O’Gara No. 14 Mine (mine index 128).

Geology

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

Springfield

144-150

8.0

6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Davenport, Allsop and Company (add)	Ledford (add)	1894-1895	4,392

Davenport Coal Company (add)	North Ledford, Davenport No. 1,A (add)	1895-1906	1,017,654

Saline County Coal Company (add)	Saline County No. 1 (add)	1906-1912	663,152

Saline County Coal Company (add)	Saline County No. 1 (add)	1912-1912	49,438 Production after map date

Total Production: 1,744,636

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352831This map source was difficult to georegister, since the east-west scale differed from the north-south scale by 800 to 1,000 feet, and did not match other features that were on both the USGS topographic map and source map (railroads, houses). When the north-south scale was used, the topographic features matched reasonably well, but the surrounding mines shown on the source map did not match well. The mine was shifted approximately 250 feet to make a “best fit” between the mines on either side.

6-8-1912

1:2400

1:4469

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, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352831, reel 03140, frames 400 and 401 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.