Mine Index 4975 Little Gem Coal Company, Little Gem No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 4975

Company Name:	Little Gem Coal Company
Mine Name:	Little Gem No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1941	End Date:	1950
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Fulton

4N 2E

32

SE SE

Geology

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

Colchester

65

2.33

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Floyd Hamilton (add)	Gem (add)	1941-1941	74

Little Gem Coal Company (add)	Little Gem No. 4 (add)	1942-1946 Idle 1944 to 1946	54

Lloyd Hamilton (add)	Gem (add)	1947-1947	34

Little Gem Coal Company (add)	Little Gem No. 2 (add)	1948-1950 Idle 1949	111

Total Production: 279

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

1:62500

1:24000 The mine 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)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, depth.

Mine Inspector's reports, courtesy of Joe Pelc, IDNR - Drift location, seam, thickness, mining method.