Mine Index 4229 Cargill Coal Company, Cargill Mine

Mine Index Number: 4229

Company Name:	Cargill Coal Company
Mine Name:	Cargill Mine
Start Date:	1954	End Date:	1954
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Jackson

10S 1W

8

SE SW NE

Geology

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

Tarter

4.4

RP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was sandstone.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Cargill Coal Company (add)	Cargill (add)	1954-1954	2,000 Production was listed in the mine notes, but not in the Coal Reports.

Total Production: 2,000

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 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, drift location, thickness, production, geologic problems.