Mine Index 6803 Floyd McDonald, McDonald Mine

Mine Index Number: 6803

Company Name:	Floyd McDonald
Mine Name:	McDonald Mine
Start Date:	1922	End Date:	1935
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	7	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. Not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 4E

32

SW NW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

20

4.33

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Finley McDonnal (add)	McDonnal (add)	1922-1924	150

W. F. McDonald (add)	McDonald (add)	1925-1927	7,638

Floyd McDonald (add)	McDonald (add)	1928-1931 Production was not reported from 1930 to 1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year; 1931 production is unknown.	1,770

McDonald Coal Company (add)	McDonald (add)	1932-1932	10,809

Frank McDonald (add)	McDonald (add)	1933-1933	2,960

Floyd McDonald (add)	McDonald (add)	1934-1935	5,760

Total Production: 29,087

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Stae archive, msha_455_01

9-8-1938

1:1200

1:1200

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

State archive map, msha_455_01 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.