Mine Index 4989 Shaffer Brothers Coal Company, Shaffer Mine

Mine Index Number: 4989

Company Name:	Shaffer Brothers Coal Company
Mine Name:	Shaffer Mine
Start Date:	1948	End Date:	1950
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	1	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Fulton

3N 2E

3

NW NE NW

Air shaft

Fulton

3N 2E

3

NW NE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

60

5.0-6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Shaffer Brothers Coal Company The mine was sold to Smith and Beck Coal Company on May 1, 1950 and abandoned on June 1, 1950. (add)	Shaffer (add)	1948-1950	3,875
Total Production: 3,875

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, MSHA_1216

10-10-1949

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

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, slope location, depth, thickness.

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

State Archive, MSHA_1216, courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.