Mine Index 4916 Len Smith, Smith Mine

Mine Index Number: 4916

Company Name:	Len Smith
Mine Name:	Smith Mine
Start Date:	Circa 1921	End Date:	{{{year-end}}}
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Rock Island

17N 1E

8

SE SE SW

Geology

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

Rock Island

3.5

RP

Geological Problems Reported

Sharp erosional channels filled with sand and gravel, locally called “faults”, apparently halted expansion of this mine in the 1860s. The roof was a black, slightly fissile shale. Above the shale was 2 to 4 feet of limestone.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Len Smith (add)	Smith (add)	circa 1921
Total Production:

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS field notes (H. E. Culver)

10-7-1921

1:15840

1:15840

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

ISGS field notes (Rock Island County) - Drift location, mine name, mine history, thickness, geologic problems.