Mine Index 0618 Panther Creek Mines, Inc., Panther Creek No. 4 Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Sangamon unlocated
	County:	Sangamon
	Quadrangle:	Springfield West
	County Coal Data:	Sangamon
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 0618


Company Name:	Panther Creek Mines, Inc.
Mine Name:	Panther Creek No. 4 Mine
Start Date:	1871	End Date:	April 1946
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,613
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Hoist shaft ^[1]

Sangamon

16N 5W

29

NE SE NE

Air shaft

Sangamon

16N 5W

30

NW SW NE

Escape shaft

Sangamon

16N 5W

29

NW SE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

150

5.5

6.0

5.6

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Mrs. Charles R. Hurst (add)	West End (add)	1871-1882	32,000 ^[2]

West End Coal Company (add)	West End, Old West (add)	1882-1927	6,106,251

Panther Creek Mines, Inc. (add)	Panther Creek No. 4 (add)	1927-1946	3,334,753


Total Production: 9,473,004

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

State Archive, IL_380_09

3-31-1947

1:2400

1:5628

Final ^[3]

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.

State Archive, IL_380_09 - Shaft locations, mine outline.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	IL_380_09
	Company:	Panther Creek Mines, Inc.
	Mine Name:	Panther Creek No. 4
	Caption:
	Map Date:	03-31-1947
	Map Status:	Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	M0618 IL 380 09 geo
	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://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/sangamon/m0618 IL 380 09 geo.zip

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	IL_2705_01
	Company:
	Mine Name:
	Caption:
	Map Date:	Undated
	Map Status:	Secondary
	Image Credit:
	Note:	shows additional mining on east side of mine
	More Info:	M0618 IL 2705 01 geo
	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://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/sangamon/m0618 IL 2705 01 geo.zip

Photographs

Notes

↑ Another hoist shaft for the Old North Mine is reputed to be in the vicinity of 1500 N. Lincoln. The exact location is not known.
↑ Production for 1871-1883 unknown. Possible location of Old North Mine, which opened in 1865. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 80 acres were mined.
↑ The southeast portion of the map may be incomplete, and mining may extend east of the mapped boundary. The extent of the Old North Mine may not be included in the mapped boundary.

[1] Another hoist shaft for the Old North Mine is reputed to be in the vicinity of 1500 N. Lincoln. The exact location is not known.

[2] Production for 1871-1883 unknown. Possible location of Old North Mine, which opened in 1865. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 80 acres were mined.

[3] The southeast portion of the map may be incomplete, and mining may extend east of the mapped boundary. The extent of the Old North Mine may not be included in the mapped boundary.

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