Mine Index 5992 Sorence Foster, Foster

Mine Index Number: 5992

Company Name:	Sorence Foster
Mine Name:	Foster
Start Date:	1917	End Date:	1929
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Knox

9N 3E

35

NE NW NW

Air shaft

Knox

9N 3E

26

SE SW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

D. Foster (add)	Foster (add)	1917-1919	2,674

Lawrence L. Foster (add)	Foster (add)	1919-1925	4,821 Production was not listed in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.

L. L. Foster and Halford (add)	Foster and Halford (add)	1925-1925	601

L. L. Foster (add)	Foster (add)	1926-1926	237 Production after map date

Sorence Foster (add)	Foster (add)	1927-1929	3,330 Production after map date

Total Production: 11,663

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352453

6-8-1926

1:240

1:215

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Knox County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352453, reel 03139, frame 129 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.