Mine Index 4997 Floyd D. Miller, Shinnifield Mine

Mine Index Number: 4997

Company Name:	Floyd D. Miller
Mine Name:	Shinnifield Mine
Start Date:	1938	End Date:	1948
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	2-3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Slope

Fulton

5N 4E

12

NW NE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

20-75

5.17

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Dewey Birchfield (add)	Hilltop (add)	1938-1941	3,703

Laurance Coal Company (add)	Hilltop (add)	1941-1941	400

Floyd Miller (add)	Shinnifield (add)	1942-1945 Idle 1944 and 1945	2,856

Flood and Miller (add)	Shinnifield (add)	1946-1946	902

Floyd D. Miller (add)	Shinnifield (add)	1947-1948	2,814

Total Production: 10,675

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

(text only)

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, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.