Mine Index 3985   Unknown,   

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Franklin unlocated
County: Franklin
Quadrangle: Rend Lake Dam
County Coal Data: Franklin
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 3985

Company Name: Unknown
Mine Name:
Start Date: Unknown End Date: Unknown
Type of Mine: Surface
Total acres shown: None
Acres after map date: General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Pit Franklin 5S 3E 21 NE SW NW

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Flannigan 2.0 1.33 Surface

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Unknown [1]

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
ISGS field notes (F. E. Williams) 7-5-1949 (text only) 1:24000 [2] Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Franklin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
ISGS field notes (Franklin County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, thickness.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. This mine location may have been part of the King Mine (mine index 2068). The field notes included a statement that it had been mined 16 to 18 years before, which would be in the time when Wanless visited the King Mine location.
  2. Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

Additional Notes