Mine Index 4610   Joe Kimmel,   Kimmel Mine

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Unlocated Mines In: Jackson unlocated
County: Jackson
Quadrangle: De Soto
County Coal Data: Jackson
Shown On Map: No
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:
For more information about Longwall Mining See: History of Longwall Coal Mining In Illinois

Mine Index Number: 4610

Company Name: Joe Kimmel
Mine Name: Kimmel Mine
Start Date: 1908 End Date: Unknown
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 21 Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining by Burning Star Surface Mine (mine index 684).
Acres after map date: General Area of mining acres shown:

Not Shown On Map. 

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Shaft Jackson 8S 1W 17 SW SW NW

Geology

For more information about Longwall Mining See: History of Longwall Coal Mining In Illinois
Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Springfield 40 6.0 LW

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Joe Kimmel Kimmel before 1908 Unknown No production was reported under this name. See the back of this report for unlocated mines that may have been the reporting company in the Coal Reports.

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-37 ca. 1934 1:31680 1:31680 Secondary source
ISGS field notes (T. E. Savage) 1908 (text only) 1:24000 The shaft location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized. Secondary source
ISGS field notes (E. T. Benson) 8-23-1934 (text only) 1:24000 The shaft 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.
ISGS field notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-37 sheet 1 - Shaft location, mine outline.

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