Mine Index 3332   Eagle Creek Coal Company,   Eagle Creek Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Saline unlocated
County: Saline
Quadrangle: Rudement
County Coal Data: Saline
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 3332

Company Name: Eagle Creek Coal Company
Mine Name: Eagle Creek Mine
Start Date: 1938 End Date: November 1954
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 1
Acres after map date: less than 1 General Area of mining acres shown:

This mine was later partially surface-mined by the H. & V. Number 1 Mine (mine index 4596).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main drift Saline 10S 7E 13 SE SE SW
Air shaft Saline 10S 7E 13 SE SE SW

Geology

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

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Clifford Partain Partain 1938-1938 350
Partain and McGowan Partain and McGowan 1939-1939 100
Eagle Creek Coal Company Eagle Creek No. 1 1939-1939 150
Siddons Coal Company Siddons 1940-1940 266
Eagle Creek Coal Company Eagle Creek 1941-1948[1] 1,848
John Raulston Coal Company Raulston 1949-1949 1,200
Eagle Creek Coal Company Eagle Creek 1950-1950 380
Howard Millspaugh Millspaugh 1950-1950 148
Eagle Creek Coal Company [2] Eagle Creek 1951-1954 2,060
Eagle Creek Coal Company Eagle Creek 1954-1954 43[3]
Total Production: 6,545

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Microfilm, document 352811 9-11-1954 1:1200 1:1200 Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, drift location, seam.
Microfilm map, document 352811, reel 03140, frame 363 - Drift and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. Idle 1943-1946
  2. Changed management in 1953, but operated under the same name
  3. Production after map date