Mine Index 4207 Menard Coal Company, Menard No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 4207

Company Name:	Menard Coal Company
Mine Name:	Menard No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1880	End Date:	1892
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	12
Acres after map date:	28	General Area of mining acres shown:
The reported production up to the map date indicates approximately 96 acres were mined.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Menard shaft (newer)

Menard

19N 6W

23

NE SE NE

Greenview shaft (older)

Menard

19N 6W

23

NW SE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

100-104

5.67-5.83

RPP,MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Foster and Company (add)	Greenview (add)	1880-1882	2,000

Greenview Coal Company (add)	Greenview (add)	1882-1890	406,734

Menard County Coal Company (add)	Menard (add)	1886-1888 Greenview Coal Company and Menard County Coal Company were separate companies, but the map shows the mine workings connected underground. The map is dated shortly after the opening of Menard County Coal Company, and implies that the older workings were on the west side of the railroad tracks.	68,861

Menard Coal Company (add)	Menard (add)	1888-1889	34,660 Production after map date

Menard County Coal Company (add)	Menard (add)	1889-1890	55,854 Production after map date

Menard Coal Company (add)	Menard No. 1 (add)	1890-1892	48,160 Production after map date

Total Production: 616,269

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352226

1888

1:960

1:920

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Bradley, Nancy, 1940, Greenview Scrap Book, History of Greenview, Illinois, 1815-1940, published by Schnepp & Barnes, Springfield, Illinois - Mine history.

Microfilm map, document 352226, reel 03138, frame 284 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.