Mine Index 3686 Schafer Brothers Coal Company, Schafer No. 6 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3686

Company Name:	Schafer Brothers Coal Company
Mine Name:	Schafer No. 6 Mine
Start Date:	1919	End Date:	March 1938
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2
Production Indicated Acres:	5	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

17

NE SE SE These are the same shafts used for Schafer No. 7 Mine (mine index 3685).

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 11W

17

NE SE SE These are the same shafts used for Schafer No. 7 Mine (mine index 3685).

Geology

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

Herrin

180

5.08

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

August G. Schafer (add)	Schafer (add)	1919-1921 According to the Department of Mines & Minerals, mining took place in the Herrin Coal after 1915 for a short period and the mine was abandoned and later re-opened. After 1938, the Herrin Coal was abandoned and the Danville Coal was mined (see Schafer No. 7 Mine, mine index 3685).	5,599

Schafer Brothers Coal Company W. E., E. G. and A. G. Schafer (add)	Schafer No. 6 (add)	1929-1938	19,744

Total Production: 25,343

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352982

4-1-1938

1:1200

1:993

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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.

Microfilm map, document 352982, reel 03141, frame 125 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.