Mine Index 3359 Sangamon Valley Coal Company, Sangamon Valley

Mine Index Number: 3359

Company Name:	Sangamon Valley Coal Company
Mine Name:	Sangamon Valley
Start Date:	1939	End Date:	1947
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	8
Acres after map date:	5	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Sangamon

17N 5W

33

3660 FSL, 1050 FWL

Air shaft

Sangamon

17N 5W

33

NE SW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

138

6.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Sangamon Valley Coal Company (add)	Sangamon Valley (add)	1939-1940	24,278

Fred Othen (add)	Sangamon Valley (add)	1941-1941	11,076

Sangamon Valley Coal Company (add)	Sangamon Valley (add)	1942-1945	18,432

Sangamon Valley Coal Company (add)	Sangamon Valley (add)	1945-1947	3,800

Total Production: 57,586

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351188

11-4-1945

1:2400

1:3807

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351188, reel 03134, frame 347 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.