Mine Index 5992   Sorence Foster,   Foster

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Knox unlocated
County: Knox
Quadrangle: Fairview
County Coal Data: Knox
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

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

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
D. Foster Foster 1917-1919 2,674
Lawrence L. Foster Foster 1919-1925 4,821 [1]
L. L. Foster and Halford Foster and Halford 1925-1925 601
L. L. Foster Foster 1926-1926 237 [2]
Sorence Foster Foster 1927-1929 3,330 [3]
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.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. Production was not listed in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.
  2. Production after map date
  3. Production after map date