Mine Index 4139 Chicago and Kansas City Coal Company, Chicago and Kansas City Mine

Mine Index Number: 4139

Company Name:	Chicago and Kansas City Coal Company
Mine Name:	Chicago and Kansas City Mine
Start Date:	1893	End Date:	1901
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	100 to 120	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Menard

18N 7W

22

NW NE NE

Air / escape shaft

Menard

18N 7W

22

NW NE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

155

5.5-6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Chicago and Kansas City Coal Company (add)	Chicago and Kansas City (add)	1893-1901	530,238

Total Production: 530,238

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Atlas of Menard County

1899

1:31680

1:31680

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Ogle, George A., 1899, Standard Atlas of Menard County, Illinois, 62p. - Shaft locations.