Mine Index 3593 Summerfield Coal Company, Summerfield Mine

Mine Index Number: 3593

Company Name:	Summerfield Coal Company
Mine Name:	Summerfield Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1874	End Date:	1890
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2
Production Indicated Acres:	4	General Area of mining acres shown:
The source map for this mine is a secondary source map, and indicates that the workings are only approximate. Production indicates about 4 acres were mined.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

2N 6W

27

NE SE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

180-285

4.0-5.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

John Wingler (add)	Summerfield (add)	pre1874-1883	12,380 Production and ownership prior to 1883 unknown. The Coal Report of 1883 indicates 15 acres mined.

Fisher and Harrison (add)	Summerfield (add)	1883-1884	1,700 The inspector noted in the Coal Report of 1884 that this mine had changed hands three times. These owners are unknown. The production reported may not include all the tonnage mined under these unknown operators.

Summerfield Coal Company (add)	Summerfield (add)	1884-1887 Idle 1886	6,280

Total Production: 20,360

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

WPA, T2N-R6W

1935

1:12000

1:54340

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

WPA map, T2N-R6W - Shaft location, approximate workings.

Atlas of St. Clair County, 1874, Warner and Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation.