Mine Index 7451 John Minto, Minto Mine

Mine Index Number: 7451

Company Name:	John Minto
Mine Name:	Minto Mine
Start Date:	1875	End Date:	1888
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:
A general area of mining along the bluffs of Robinson Creek have been added to the accompanying map to account for the mining that took place before 1875.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift and shaft

Shelby

11N 3E

17

E ½ SE SW

Geology

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

Shelbyville

40-90

2.17-2.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

John Minto (add)	Minto (add)	1875-1888 Production before July 1881 is not known. The mine was noted in the 1875 Worthen report, but the mine may haveoperated some years before the field work described the coal at that location.	5,847 Production before July 1881 is not known. The mine was noted in the 1875 Worthen report, but the mine may haveoperated some years before the field work described the coal at that location.
Total Production: 5,847 Production before July 1881 is not known. The mine was noted in the 1875 Worthen report, but the mine may haveoperated some years before the field work described the coal at that location.

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Worthen et al.

1875

(text only)

1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

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

Worthen et al., 1875, Volume VI, Geology & Paleontology, page 169 - Mine location.