Mine Index 3462 J. G. Root, Root No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3462

Company Name:	J. G. Root
Mine Name:	Root No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1917	End Date:	1936
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	45	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Mine

Shelby

11N 3E

13

SW SW NE

Geology

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

Shelbyville

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Arch Tallman (add)	Tallman (add)	1917-1922	12,860 Production was not listed in the 1922 Coal Report for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.

Tallman and Root (add)	Tallman and Root (add)	1922-1924 Idle 1924	4,000

Root and Tallman (add)	Root and Tallman (add)	1924-1927	20,406

J. G. Root (add)	Root No. 1 (add)	1928-1936	33,814

Total Production: 71,080

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Shelby County) - Mine location.