Mine Index 3342 Island Grove Coal Company, Island Grove Mine

Mine Index Number: 3342

Company Name:	Island Grove Coal Company
Mine Name:	Island Grove Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	1909
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	52
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Sangamon

15N 7W

8

SE NW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

185-200

3.0

6.0

5.0

RP

Geological Problems Reported

The coal was generally 5 feet thick, but thinned to 3 feet in places. The mine was dry while the operation was active.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Island Grove Coal Company (add)	Island Grove (add)	1904-1905	8,812

Robert Crichton (add)	Crichton (add)	1905-1906	5,000

Island Grove Coal Company (add)	Island Grove (add)	1906-1909	1,920

Total Production: 15,732

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

2-1934

1:158400

1:158400

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Federal Land Bank Report (Sangamon County) - Shaft location, mine outline.