Mine Index 0850 Pschirrer Coal Company, Pschirrer Mine

Mine Index Number: 0850

Company Name:	Pschirrer Coal Company
Mine Name:	Pschirrer Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	April 1961
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	253
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

Fulton

7N 4E

3

SE NE SE

Air shaft

Fulton

7N 4E

3

SW NE SE

Geology

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

Herrin (1959-1961)

81

4.33-4.5

MRP

Springfield

150

4.17-4.67

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The Springfield Coal had calcite and pyrite along fracture facings.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Pschirrer and Sons Coal Company (add)	Pschirrer No. 2 (add)	1936-1936	45,084

Pschirrer and Sons Coal Company (add)	Kildee No. 3 (add)	1937-1959	1,809,266

Pschirrer Coal Company (add)	Pschirrer(No. 6 coal) (add)	1960-1961	21,016

Total Production: 1,875,366

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351661

7-1-1961

1:2400

1:4303

Final

Microfilm, document 351660

4-1-1959

1:2400

1:4635

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 351661, reel 03137, frame 25 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method (Herrin Coal).

Microfilm map, document 351660, reel 03137, frames 23 & 24 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method (Springfield Coal).