Mine Index 4597   Fink Coal Company,   Fink No. 1 Mine

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

Mine Index Number: 4597

Company Name: Fink Coal Company
Mine Name: Fink No. 1 Mine
Start Date: 1955 End Date: September 1958
Type of Mine: Surface
Total acres shown: 40 [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 Saline 10S 7E 12 NE NW SW

Geology

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

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Beecher Williams Coal Company Williams No. 2 1955-1955 9,753
Beecher Williams Coal Company Williams No. 3 1955-1957 38,470
Fink Coal Company [2] Fink No. 1 1958-1958 664
Total Production: 48,887

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
ISGS map library, 4102 a-7, sheet 2 1981-1983 1:24000 1:24000 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, mine location, seam.
ISGS map library, 4102 a-7, sheet 2, work map for Rudement Quadrangle Geologic Map - Mine outline.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. Production indicates approximately 6 acres were mined. Other operators probably mined in this area and Williams may have expanded an area that was already mined.
  2. Fink Coal Company often used augers to extend surface mining. The low tonnage produced by this company lends support to this.