Mine Index 3345 Springfield Coal and Mining Company, Springfield No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3345

Company Name:	Springfield Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Springfield No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	1911
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	none production indicates approximately 540 acres were mined. The workings of Springfield No. 1 are included within the outline for Peabody No. 52 Mine (mine index 36).
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 The main shaft was later used as an escape shaft for Peabody No. 52 Mine (mine index 36). The shaft is shown on the accompanying map with an air shaft symbol.

Sangamon

16N 4W

9

NW SE SE

Air / escape shaft The escape shaft for Riverton No. 1 Mine was later used as an air shaft for Riverton No. 2 Mine (mine index 36).

Sangamon

16N 4W

10

SE NW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

199-230

5.5-6.0

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Riverton Coal and Mining Company (add)	Riverton No. 1 (add)	Riverton No. 1 Production and years of operation before July 1881 are unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 130 acres were mined. Idle 1898 & 1899	1,809,900

Springfield Coal and Mining Company (add)	Springfield No. 1 (add)	1902-1911 Idle 1910	993,595

Total Production: 2,803,495

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State Archive, PB_969

4-20-1932

Unknown

1:24000

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, thickness, depth.

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

State Archive, PB_969, courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.