Mine Index 0278 Mt. Pulaski Miners Association, Mt. Pulaski Mine

Mine Index Number: 0278

Company Name:	Mt. Pulaski Miners Association
Mine Name:	Mt. Pulaski Mine
Start Date:	1882	End Date:	1915
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	90
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft

Logan

18N 2W

14

SW SW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

365

3.5

4.3

4.0

LW

Geological Problems Reported

Clay dikes, or ‘horsebacks’, were present. There were also water problems.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

B. F. Fox (add)	Fox (add)	1882-1883	unknown Coal production not available

Mt. Pulaski Coal Company (add)	Mt. Pulaski (add)	1883-1887	100,800

Union Coal Company (add)	Union (add)	1887-1899	188,082

Mt. Pulaski Coal Company (add)	Mt. Pulaski (add)	1899-1902	24,439

Home Coal Company (add)	Home (add)	1902-1906	47,664

Mutual Coal Company (add)	Mutual (add)	1906-1909	41,130

Mt. Pulaski Colliery Company (add)	Mt. Pulaski (add)	1909-1913	48,221

Mt. Pulaski Miners Association (add)	Mt. Pulaski (add)	1913-1915	13,755

Total Production: 464,091

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Map library, 4103.L6 i5.1-3

8-30-1933

1:62500

1:6250

Secondary source

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

1893

Unknown

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Map library, 4103.L6 i5.1-3, original map for Federal Land Bank Report (Logan County) - Mine outline.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, Mt. Pulaski, 1893, Sheet 5 - Shaft location.