Mine Index 0081 Perry Coal Company, Taylor Mine

Mine Index Number: 0081

Company Name:	Perry Coal Company
Mine Name:	Taylor Mine
Start Date:	1889	End Date:	January 1932
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	633
Acres after map date:	12	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

24

NE SW SW

Air shaft

St. Clair

2N 8W

24

NE SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

200-212

6.5

8.0

7.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was generally limestone with some areas of black shale, mostly on the western side of the mine. The areas of black shale had many slips and the roof was hard to hold. The mine was dry, or the floor clay would heave.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Joseph Taylor (add)	Taylor No. 1 (add)	1889-1915	2,072,478

International Coal and Mining Company (add)	Taylor (add)	1915-1919	390,348

West Virginia Coal Company (add)	Taylor (add)	1919-1920	58,705

Perry County Coal Corporation (add)	Taylor (add)	1920-1921	114,291

Perry Coal Company (add)	Taylor (add)	1921-1930	1,866,008

Perry Coal Company (add)	Taylor (add)	1930-1932	76,585

Total Production: 4,578,415

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351074

3-1-1930

1:2400

1:4140

Not final

State archive, IL_421

4-2-1931

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

State archive, IL_419

8-2-1931

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

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 351074, reel 03134, frames 177,178 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

State archive, IL_419 - Mine outline (eastern).

State archive, IL_421 - Mine outline (eastern).

Federal Land Bank Report (St. Clair County) - Depth.