Mine Index 4154 Kenneth McDonald, McDonald Mine

Mine Index Number: 4154

Company Name:	Kenneth McDonald
Mine Name:	McDonald Mine
Start Date:	1933	End Date:	1938
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	4 The area shown for this mine is too large for the reported production. The source map shows only the haulage routes and general direction of the rooms. McDonald may have extended or connected to another older underground mine. This is supported by a note on the source map saying “air course through east mine”.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. Not shown on the accompanying map due to later surface mining by various operators.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 4E

32

NW NW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Kenneth McDonald (add)	McDonald (add)	1933-1938 Idle 1937	7,818

Total Production: 7,818

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1430_01

8-3-1937

1:1200

1:1200

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.

State archive map, IL_1430_01 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.