Mine Index 5223 Canton Union Coal Company, Canton Mine

Mine Index Number: 5223

Company Name:	Canton Union Coal Company
Mine Name:	Canton Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1881	End Date:	1906
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	24
Production Indicated Acres:	160	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Fulton

7N 4E

33

SW NE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

40-85

4.0-5.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Canton Coal Company (add)	Old Shaft (add)	pre1881-1882	24,544

A. Heald (add)	Heald (add)	1882-1894	315,631

Canton Union Coal Company (add)	Canton (add)	1894-1906	303,401

Total Production: 643,576

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Plat Book of Fulton County, Illinois

1895

1:48000

1:48000

Secondary source

Federal Land Bank Report

4-20-1933

1:124800

1:124800

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

George A. Ogle & Co., Plat Book of Fulton County, Illinois (1895) - Shaft location.

Federal Land Bank Report (Fulton County) - Mine outline.