Mine Index 3301 Silas B. Moore, Moore No. 4 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3301

Company Name:	Silas B. Moore
Mine Name:	Moore No. 4 Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	1940
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3Production indicates less than 1 acre was mined after the map date.
Acres after map date:	less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Saline

9S 7E

14

NW SE SE

Air shaft

Saline

9S 7E

14

NW SE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

43

4.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Silas B. Moore (add)	Moore No. 4 (add)	1935-1938	7,170

Silas B. Moore (add)	Moore No. 4 (add)	1938-1940	1,846Production after map date

Total Production: 9,016

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 i5.1-21

11-28-1947The outline shown is the same as the microfilm source map, but was used for georegistration.

1:1200

1:1200

Secondary source

Microfilm, document 352757

3-1938

1:1200

1:993

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-21, map of Rocky Branch Mine (mine index 3303) - Mine outline.

Microfilm map, document 352757, reel 03140, frame 273 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.