Mine Index 3590 T. M. Motsinger, Motsinger Mine

Mine Index Number: 3590

Company Name:	T. M. Motsinger
Mine Name:	Motsinger Mine
Start Date:	1902	End Date:	1909
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift or slope

Williamson

9S 4E

29

SE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

20-50

4.5-5.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

T. M. Motsinger (add)	Motsinger (add)	1902-1903	400

Motsinger Brothers (add)	Motsinger (add)	1903-1904	870

T. M. Motsinger (add)	Motsinger (add)	1904-1909 Idle 1908	2,600

Total Production: 3,870

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS field notes (G. H. Cady)

1908

(text only)

1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

ISGS field notes (Williamson County) - Mine location, ownership.