Mine Index 0193 Panther Creek Mining Company, Panther Creek No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0193

Company Name:	Panther Creek Mining Company
Mine Name:	Panther Creek No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1918	End Date:	July 1944
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,411
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

14N 6W

35

NE NW NE

Air shaft

Sangamon

14N 6W

35

SE NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

258-270

4.0

10.0

7.0

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

One fault was noted, with a displacement of 18 inches. The roof was a black fissile shale under a light gray massive shale. These shales ranged up to 6 feet thick, and made a very bad roof. The coal was deposited on an undulating surface. The thickest coal was in the swags. Pyrite bands and lenses existed in the coal, as well as abundant calcite facings. The blue band was present in this mine as a dark gray shale, generally 2 feet above the floor.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Panther Creek Mining Company (add)	Panther Creek No. 1 (add)	1918-1944 Idle 1933-1942	7,428,309
Total Production: 7,428,309

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_339_03

4-1-1945

1:2400

1:2400

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_339_03 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.