Mine Index 5299 Sunday Creek Coal Company, Sunday Creek Coal Company

Mine Index Number: 5299

Company Name:	Sunday Creek Coal Company
Mine Name:	Sunday Creek Coal Company
Start Date:	1888	End Date:	1902
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	77
Production Indicated Acres:	145	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

6

SE NW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

72-106

3.67-4.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Kingston and Claire (add)	Kingston and Claire (add)	1888-1889	5,118

Claire Coal Company (add)	Claire (add)	1889-1895	220,103

Sunday Creek Coal Company (add)	Sunday Creek (add)	1895-1902	332,283

Total Production: 557,603

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

8-1935

1:110191

1:110191

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, shaft location.

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