Mine Index 6945 Colchester Coal and Mining Company, A Mine

Mine Index Number: 6945

Company Name:	Colchester Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	A Mine
Start Date:	1893	End Date:	1899
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	7
Production Indicated Acres:	27	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

McDonough

5N 3W

7

NE SE SE This location is shown on source maps but was not identified. Colchester Coal Company opened a mine 1893 that was 450 yards east of the mine closed in 1892 (mine index 6206, in the same section), which is in this vicinity.

Geology

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

Colchester

53-60

2.75-2.83

RP, some HERA miner died in 1898 as the result of a roof fall while he was pulling pillars

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Colchester Coal amd Mining Company (add)	A (add)	1893-1899	67,451

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, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

Federal Land Bank Report (McDonough County) - Mine location.