Mine Index 4140 L. R. Gabriel, Gabriel Mine

Mine Index Number: 4140

Company Name:	L. R. Gabriel
Mine Name:	Gabriel Mine
Start Date:	1916	End Date:	1943
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	11
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
The area was later partially surface-mined by various operators.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 4E

32

NW NE NE

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

32

SW NE NE Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining.

Geology

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

Springfield

20

4.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

C. M. Bridis (add)	Bridis (add)	1916-1917	300

Luther R. Gabriel (add)	Gabriel (add)	1917-1920	2,132

Gabriel Brothers (add)	Gabriel (add)	1920-1922	2,000 Production not reported 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons

L. R. Gabriel (add)	Gabriel (add)	1922-1942	14,782

L. R. Gabriel (add)	Gabriel (add)	1942-1943	902 Production after map date

Total Production: 20,116

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1417_01

8-21-1942

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

State archive map, IL_1417_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.