Mine Index 2958 Viola Materials, Incorporated, Viola Mine

Mine Index Number: 2958

Company Name:	Viola Materials, Incorporated
Mine Name:	Viola Mine
Start Date:	1957	End Date:	May 1973
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	11	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit

Mercer

14N 2W

3

NE NW

Geology

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

Rock Island

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Eddington Coal Company (add)	Eddington (add)	1957-1959	4,362

Viola Coal Company (add)	Viola (add)	1959-1961	6,892

Viola Materials, Incorporated (add)	Viola (add)	1962-1973	52,972

Total Production: 64,226

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Mercer County) - Mine type, pit location, seam.