Mine Index 5017 Egan Brothers, Egan Mine

Mine Index Number: 5017

Company Name:	Egan Brothers
Mine Name:	Egan Mine
Start Date:	1916	End Date:	1929
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	10
Production Indicated Acres:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:
The northern part of the mine is not shown on the accompanying map due to later surface mining by the Norris Mine (mine index 0890).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Fulton

7N 4E

20

NW SE NE

Air shaft

Fulton

7N 4E

20

NW SE NE

Air shaft

Fulton

7N 4E

20

SE NW NE Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining.

Geology

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

Springfield

58

5.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Spenny Coal Company (add)	Spenny (add)	1916-1918	12,540

Egan Brothers and Burrell (add)	Egan and Burrell (add)	1918-1920	15,844

Egan Brothers (add)	Egan (add)	1920-1926	38,695 Production was not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.

Egan Brothers (add)	Egan (add)	1926-1929	14,428 Production after map date

Total Production: 81,507

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, MSHA_1233

5-15-1926

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

State archive, MSHA_1233, courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.