Mine Index 3614 Signal Point Coal and Coke Company, Signal Point Mine

Mine Index Number: 3614

Company Name:	Signal Point Coal and Coke Company
Mine Name:	Signal Point Mine
Start Date:	1901	End Date:	1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	13
Production Indicated Acres:	Between 19 and 23	General Area of mining acres shown:
The source map may be incomplete.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

2N 9W

35

NW NE NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

2N 9W

35

NE NE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

81

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

I. E. Young (add)	Young (add)	1901-1902	1,000

Davis and Company (add)	Davis (add)	1902-1903	500

J. E. Young (add)	Young (add)	1903-1904	6,000

George Penn (add)	Penn (add)	1904-1907	5,854

Edgemont Coal Company (add)	Edgemont (add)	1907-1915	18,316

Signal Hill Coal Company (add)	Signal Hill (add)	1917-1922	67,019

Signal Point Coal and Coke Company (add)	Signal Point (add)	1922-1924	24,100

Total Production: 122,789

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

WPA, T2N-R9W

8-23-1918

1:12000

1:55380

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

WPA map, T2N-R9W - Shaft locations, mine outline.

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Depth, seam, mine type, shaft location.