Mine Index 6234 Gates Fire Clay Company, Gates Mine

Mine Index Number: 6234

Company Name:	Gates Fire Clay Company
Mine Name:	Gates Mine
Start Date:	1920	End Date:	1929
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
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

McDonough

5N 4W

13

SE NE SE

Geology

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

Colchester

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

McDonough County Coal Company (add)	McDonough (add)	1920-1923	2,257 Production was not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.

Seeder Valley Coal Company The name may be Cedar Valley Coal Company. (add)	Seeder Valley (add)	1923-1924	400

Gates Fire Clay Company (add)	Gates (add)	1924-1929	7,252

Total Production: 9,909

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

3-1936

1:124800

1:124800

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Federal Land Bank Report (McDonough County) - Shaft location, ownership.