Mine Index 6692 D. W. Kelly, Sievers Mine

Mine Index Number: 6692

Company Name:	D. W. Kelly
Mine Name:	Sievers Mine
Start Date:	1876	End Date:	1885
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	24
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The area shown is the general vicinity of the mine. The known production of the mine would encompass about 2 acres and 10 acres was said to have been mined before 1882.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft No other shaft was constructed; the mine was idled due to lack of an escapement shaft in 1884 and never re-opened.

Macoupin

7N 6W

33

SW

Geology

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

Herrin

220

5.5-6.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

August Sievers and Fred Maxe (add)	Sievers and Maxe (add)	1876-1880	unknown According to Staunton in Illinois, the shaft was sunk in 1876. Production prior to 1882 is unknown.

Sievers and Voge (add)	Sievers and Voge (add)	1880-1881	unknown According to Staunton in Illinois, the shaft was sunk in 1876. Production prior to 1882 is unknown.

August Sievers (add)	Sievers (add)	1881-1882	2,404

Richardson and Company (add)	Sievers (add)	1882-1883	3,000

D. W. Kelly (add)	Sievers (add)	1883-1884	3,520

Sievers (add)	Sievers (add)	1884-1885	none

Total Production: 8,924

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Atlas of Macoupin County

1875

1:46933

1:46933 The atlas showed the land ownership; a general area of mining was constructed around the area likely to be mined.

Secondary source

Staunton in Illinois

1988

(text only)

1:24000 The atlas showed the land ownership; a general area of mining was constructed around the area likely to be mined.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

Atlas of Macoupin County and the State of Illinois, 1875, Chicago: Warner and Beers, 89p. - Ownership.

Kilduff, Mary Dorrell, 1988, Staunton in Illinois, 273 p. - Ownership prior to 1882, years of operation, location.