Mine Index Number: 0785
Company Name:
|
Perry Coal Company
|
Mine Name:
|
Carbon Mine
|
Start Date:
|
Unknown
|
End Date:
|
1937
|
Type of Mine:
|
Underground
|
Total acres shown:
|
258 The secondary source outline may encompass some of this extended production.
|
Acres after map date:
|
98
|
General Area of mining acres shown:
|
|
|
Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
Type
|
County
|
Township-Range
|
Section
|
Part Section
|
Main shaft
|
St. Clair
|
2N 8W
|
25
|
NW SE NW
|
Geology
Herrin
|
187-194
|
|
|
6.0-7.0
|
RPB, HER The Coal Report of 1884 indicates the pillars were being pulled. The extent of this high extraction is unknown.
|
Geological Problems Reported
Production
Company
|
Mine Name
|
Date
|
Production (tons)
|
Gartside Coal Company
|
Gartside
|
pre1882-1883
|
39,000 Production and ownership prior to 1882 unknown. The Coal Reports of 1882 and 1883 indicate 85 and 120 acres were mined, respectively.
|
|
Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Microfilm, document 351008
|
Undated
|
1:1200
|
1:2181
|
Undated
|
Microfilm, document 351104
|
2-15-1930
|
1:2400
|
1:4615
|
Not final
|
ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-54
|
5-21-1960
|
1:4800
|
1:4800
|
Secondary source
|
Microfilm, document 351074
|
3-1-1930
|
1:2400
|
1:4140
|
Secondary source
|
Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
|
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
|
Microfilm map, document 351008, reel 03134, frame 82 - Shaft locations, mine outline, northwest, method.
|
Microfilm map, document 351104, reel 03134, frames 219,220 - Mine outline (northeast), method.
|
ISGS library map, 4103.S31 i5.1-54, map of Peabody Coal Company, St. Ellen Mine (mine index 533) - Mine outline, south.
|
Microfilm map, document 351074, reel 03134, frames 177,178, map of Taylor Mine (mine index 81) - General area of mining.
|
Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft location.
|
Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 351074
Map Date: 3-1-1930
Coal Co.: Perry Coal Company
Mine Name: Taylor Mine
Full Res Download
State archive: PB_93
Map Date: 10-9-1931
Coal Co.: Perry Coal Company
Mine Name: Carbon
Image Credit: Illinois Department of Natural Resources - Office of Mines and Minerals
Full Res Download
Microfilm: 351104
Map Date: 2-15-1930
Coal Co.: Perry Coal Company
Mine Name: Carbon
Full Res Download
These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
|
Map Type:
|
ISGS map library
|
Map ID:
|
4103.S31 i5.1-54
|
Company:
|
Peabody Coal Company
|
Mine Name:
|
St. Ellen
|
Caption:
|
|
Map Date:
|
5-21-1960
|
Map Status:
|
Final
|
Image Credit:
|
|
Note:
|
|
More Info:
|
M0533-2
|
Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
|
https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/st clair/m0533-2.zip
|
These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
|
Map Type:
|
ISGS map library
|
Map ID:
|
4103.S31 i5.1-54
|
Company:
|
Peabody Coal Company
|
Mine Name:
|
St. Ellen
|
Caption:
|
|
Map Date:
|
5-21-1960
|
Map Status:
|
Final
|
Image Credit:
|
|
Note:
|
|
More Info:
|
M0533-1
|
Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
|
https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/st clair/m0533-1.zip
|
Photographs