Mine Index 5255 Robert Gooden Coal Company, Gooden Mine

Mine Index Number: 5255

Company Name:	Robert Gooden Coal Company
Mine Name:	Gooden Mine
Start Date:	1906	End Date:	1926
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	41
Production Indicated Acres:	5	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Fulton

8N 4E

2

NW SE SW

Air shaft

Fulton

8N 4E

2

NW SE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

125-130

4.0-5.0

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

George Westerby (add)	Westerby (add)	1906-1912	53,323

Westerby Brothers and Gooden (add)	Westerby and Gooden (add)	1912-1921	110,523

Robert Gooden Coal Company (add)	Gooden (add)	1921-1922	4,112

Robert Gooden Coal Company (add)	Gooden (add)	1922-1926	19,291 Production after map date

Total Production: 187,249

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_417

10-12-1922

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

State archive, IL_417, courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.