Mine Index 4121 George F. Motsinger, Edwards Bank

Mine Index Number: 4121

Company Name:	George F. Motsinger
Mine Name:	Edwards Bank
Start Date:	1889	End Date:	1895
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	4	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Williamson

9S 4E

30

SW SW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

5

4.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Edwards Brothers (add)	Edwards Bank (add)	1889-1890	400

Cline and Edwards (add)	Edwards Bank (add)	1890-1891	720

George F. Motsinger (add)	Edwards Bank (add)	1891-1895	22,985

Total Production: 24,105

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

Secondary source

ISGS field notes (G. H. Cady)

1908

(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 (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, depth, thickness.

ISGS field notes (Williamson County) - Mine location, ownership, thickness.