Mine Index 3566 Atom Coal Company, Atom Mine

Mine Index Number: 3566

Company Name:	Atom Coal Company
Mine Name:	Atom Mine
Start Date:	1938	End Date:	1951
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

St. Clair

1S 7W

20

SW SW SE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1S 7W

20

SE SW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

267

6.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Neuwirth Coal Company (add)	Neuwirth (add)	1938-1948 Idle 1946 and 1947	33,018

Zephyr Coal Company (add)	Zephyr (add)	1948-1949	78

Atom Coal Company, Inc. (add)	Atom (add)	1949-1950	6,273

Atom Coal Company, Inc. (add)	Atom (add)	1950-1951	1,421 Production after map date

Total Production: 40,790

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351131

11-22-1950

1:720

1:1092

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351131, reel 03134, frame 267 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.