Mine Index 4233 Independent Coal Company, Independent Mine

Mine Index Number: 4233

Company Name:	Independent Coal Company
Mine Name:	Independent Mine
Start Date:	1927	End Date:	1935
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Slope

Jackson

9S 1W

23

SW NW NE

Geology

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

Murphysboro

4.0

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Independent Coal Company (add)	Independent (add)	1927-1931 Idle 1928 and 1929; production was not reported for mines producing less than 1,000 tons in 1930.	3,180

Green Brothers (add)	Green (add)	1932-1932	1,113

Independent Coal Company (add)	Independent (add)	1933-1934 Production was not reported for mines producing less than 1,000 tons in 1933.	450

Total Production: 4,743

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS field notes (M. W. Fuller)

8-25-1933

(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)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

ISGS field notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, slope location, thickness.