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

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 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.
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

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Beecher Williams Coal Company (add)	Williams No. 2 (add)	1955-1955	9,753

Beecher Williams Coal Company (add)	Williams No. 3 (add)	1955-1957	38,470

Fink Coal Company Fink Coal Company often used augers to extend surface mining. The low tonnage produced by this company lends support to this. (add)	Fink No. 1 (add)	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.