Mine Index 3317 Davenport Mining Company, Davenport Mine

Mine Index Number: 3317

Company Name:	Davenport Mining Company
Mine Name:	Davenport Mine
Start Date:	1908	End Date:	1910
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Production Indicated Acres:	5	General Area of mining acres shown:	21

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (8.5'x15')

Saline

10S 5E

9

NE NE SW

Air shaft (8'x12')

Saline

10S 5E

9

SWNot shown on accompanying map because of the lack of an adequate source map for this mine. The 1908 Coal Report described the air shaft.

Geology

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

Davis

60

3.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Davenport Mining Company Shown on the source map as Davis Coal Company. (add)	Davenport (add)	1908-1910	15,466
Total Production: 15,466

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

Coal Section files, PB_296_01

4-18-1968

1:12000

1:12000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, shaft sizes, mining method.

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

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

ISGS field notes (Saline County) - Shaft location, depth, thickness.

Coal Section files, PB_296_01, from the State Archives, courtesy of Robert Gibson of the Department of Natural Resources and Peabody Energy - General area of mining.