Mine Index 4226   Joe Cooksey Coal Company,   Cooksey No. 1 Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Jackson unlocated
County: Jackson
Quadrangle: Carbondale
County Coal Data: Jackson
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 4226

Company Name: Joe Cooksey Coal Company
Mine Name: Cooksey No. 1 Mine
Start Date: 1949 End Date: 1954
Type of Mine: Surface
Total acres shown: None [1]
Acres after map date: 4 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Pit Jackson 9S 1W 36 SW NE SE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Murphysboro 4.0-6.0 Surface

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Joe Cooksey Coal Company Cooksey No. 1 1949-1954 [2] 20,355
Total Production: 20,355

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 [3] Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Jackson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine location, seam, thickness.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. Tab Mine (mine index 891) includes the area for this mine, as well as its mining from 1967 to 1972.
  2. Idle 1951
  3. The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.