Mine Index 5126 W. S. Middleton, Middleton No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 5126

Company Name:	W. S. Middleton
Mine Name:	Middleton No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1905	End Date:	1915
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	6	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Fulton

6N 4E

4

NE NE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

4.67-5.0

Underground

Geological Problems Reported

A few horsebacks were noted in the mine, as well as concretions.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Wages and Burbridge (add)	Wages and Burbridge (add)	1905-1906	1,424

Ed Wages (add)	Wages (add)	1906-1909	3,868

Ames Wages (add)	Wages (add)	1909-1911	7,920

Landis and Wages (add)	Landis and Wages (add)	1911-1912	5,720

W. D. Landis (add)	Landis (add)	1912-1914	4,392

W. S. Middleton (add)	Middleton No. 1 (add)	1914-1915	1,890

Total Production: 25,214

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS field notes (T. E. Savage)

Undated

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam.

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

ISGS field notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, drift location, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.