Mine Index 3362 Lincoln Trail Coal Company, Lincoln Trail Mine

Mine Index Number: 3362

Company Name:	Lincoln Trail Coal Company
Mine Name:	Lincoln Trail Mine
Start Date:	1927	End Date:	1947
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	16, Production indicates 8 acres were mined. The “worked out” areas shown on the source map, especially the western side, are most likely inaccurate.
Acres after map date:	2	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Sangamon

17N 6W

32

SE SE NE

Air shaft

Sangamon

17N 6W

32

SW SE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

115

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Tony Enders (add)	Enders (add)	1927-1928	2,887

Lincoln Trail Coal Company (add)	Lincoln Trail (add)	1929-1929	1,670

Tony Enders (add)	Lincoln Trail (add)	1930-1935	18,320

Lincoln Trail Coal Company (add)	Lincoln Trail (add)	1936-1937	10,586

Tony Enders (add)	Lincoln Trail (add)	1938-1938	750

Tony Enders (add)	Lincoln Trail (add)	1938-1939 Idle 1939	750 Production after map date

Lincoln Trail Coal Company (add)	Lincoln Trail (add)	1940-1947 Idle 1943 and 1944	9,216 Production after map date

Total Production: 44,179

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351235

8-1-1938

1:2400

1:2979

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 location, seam, depth.

Microfilm map, document 351235, reel 03134, frame 472 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.