Mine Index 3675 Maple Creek Coal Company, Maple Creek Mine

Mine Index Number: 3675

Company Name:	Maple Creek Coal Company
Mine Name:	Maple Creek Mine
Start Date:	1941	End Date:	1943
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 slope

Vermilion

19N 11W

32

NE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

22

6.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Commissary Coal Company (add)	Commissary (add)	1941-1941	593

Maple Creek Coal Company (add)	Maple Creek (add)	1942-1943	2,354

Total Production: 2,947

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS mine notes

Undated

(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, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.