Mine Index 6240 A. Newland, Newland Mine

Mine Index Number: 6240

Company Name:	A. Newland
Mine Name:	Newland Mine
Start Date:	1883	End Date:	1888
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	4	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

14

SW NE SW

Geology

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

Colchester

40-43

2.0-2.17

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Tennessee Coal and Fire Clay Company (add)	Tennessee (add)	1883-1884	1,800

Tennessee Coal and Tile Company (add)	Tennessee (add)	1884-1885	2,000

Tennessee Coal and Tile Company (add)	Tennessee (add)	1885-1886	2,000

Abraham Newland (add)	Newland (add)	1886-1888	1,680

Total Production: 7,480

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS Circular 19, Plate IV

1936

1:29469

1:29469

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 (McDonough County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

ISGS Circular 19, Plate IV - Shaft location.

Colchester Quadrangle, USGS orthophoto montage - Mine dump (verifies shaft location).

ISGS Bulletin 30, Colchester-Macomb Quadrangles - Ownership.