Mine Index 3348 Cantrall Cooperative Coal Company, Republic Mine

Mine Index Number: 3348

Company Name:	Cantrall Cooperative Coal Company
Mine Name:	Republic Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	1914
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	410
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft

Sangamon

16N 5W

22

SE NE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

245

5.5

6.0

5.7

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Wilmington and Springfield Coal Company (add)	Wilmington and Springfield (add)	pre1881-1896 Production and years of operation before 1881 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 225 acres were mined.	1,171,438

Springfield Iron Company (add)	Springfield Iron (add)	1896-1899	291,508

Republic Iron and Steel Company (add)	Republic (add)	1899-1903	427,404

Wilmington and Springfield Coal Company (add)	Republic (add)	1903-1905	166,363

Jones and Adams Coal Company (add)	Republic (add)	1905-1908	110,590

Cantrall Cooperative Coal Company (add)	Republic, later Cantrall No. 3 (add)	1908-1914	452,510

Total Production: 2,619,813

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Bauer, et al. map No map of the mine workings has been found. The area shown on this map is the property as shown by Bauer, et al., 1982. The reported production indicates that the entire property was mined. The Allen & Garcia Coal Mine & Property Location Map indicates that the SW quarter of 23 -T16N-R5W may have been mined.

4-1982

1:24000

1:24000

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.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Springfield, 1884, 1890, 1896 - Shaft location.

Bauer, et al., General Outlines of Mined-Out Areas of Springfield (No. 5) Coal, Springfield & Vicinity, December1973, revised 1982 - Mine property outline.

Federal Land Bank of St. Louis, Preliminary Report on Subsidence Investigation, Sangamon County, Illinois, February 9, 1934, J. C. Quade, Mining Engineer - General property outline.

ISGS map library, 4103.S33 i5.1-27, Allen & Garcia Company, Coal Mine Location & Property Map - Mine outline.

ISGS map library, 4103.S33 i5.1-53, W. E. Dawson, Coal Mine Properties, Springfield, Illinois - Mine outline.