Mine Index 7277 B. A. Schimpf, Schimpf Mine

Mine Index Number: 7277

Company Name:	B. A. Schimpf
Mine Name:	Schimpf Mine
Start Date:	1910	End Date:	1917
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	6 Production indicates approximately 1 acre was mined.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Jackson

7S 2W

11

SW SW SW

Geology

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

Murphysboro

22-40

2.83-5.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

B. A. Schimpf (add)	Schimpf (add)	1910-1911	180

Schimpf and Craig (add)	Schimpf and Craig (add)	1911-1912	800

B. Schimpf (add)	Schimpf (add)	1912-1913	614

Schimipf and Blacklock (add)	Schimipf and Blacklock (add)	1913-1914	240

Schimpf and Pugh (add)	Schimpf and Pugh (add)	1914-1915	302

B. A. Schimpf (add)	Schimpf (add)	1915-1917	1,120

Total Production: 3,256

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Coal Section files, MOA 29

1950

1:62500

1:62500

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

Coal Section files, compilation map, Mined-Out Area 29 - Slope location, mine outline.