Mine Index 0120 Panther Creek Mines, Inc., Panther Creek No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0120

Company Name:	Panther Creek Mines, Inc.
Mine Name:	Panther Creek No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1906	End Date:	February 1931
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	800
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 shaft

Sangamon

16N 5W

19

NW NE SE

Air shaft

Sangamon

16N 5W

19

NE NE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

171

5.0

6.0

5.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Clay “horsebacks” were reported, and there were many concretions in the black shale roof. The roof had some local areas that were difficult to support, which occurred where there were slips in the shale.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Spring Creek Coal Company (add)	Spring Creek (add)	1906-1926	3,092,420

Panther Creek Mines, Inc. (add)	Panther Creek No. 3 (add)	1927-1931	379,097

Total Production: 3,471,517

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State Archive, IL_380_09

3-31-1947

1:2400

1:5700

Final

State Archive, IL_60

2-24-1930

1:2400

1:4800

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

State Archive, IL_380_09 (Panther Creek No. 4) - Mine outline.

State Archive, IL_60 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.