Mine Index 4438   Joe Day Coal Company,   Day 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: 4438

Company Name: Joe Day Coal Company
Mine Name: Day Mine
Start Date: 1950 End Date: 1950
Type of Mine: Surface
Total acres shown: 4 [1]
Acres after map date: 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 SE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Murphysboro 15 7.5 Surface

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Joe Day Coal Company Day 1950-1950 5,356
Total Production: 5,356

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Microfilm, document 352508 11-6-1950 1:1200 1:1324 Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Jackson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Microfilm map, document 352508, reel 03139, frame 213 - Mine location, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. Production indicates less than 1 acre was mined. The outcrop is shown on the source map, and very likely much of the coal near the outcrop was weathered and unmarketable. Perhaps much of the coal within the mine outline was not tallied in the production tonnage.