Mine Index 0289 Menard County Coal Company, Tallula No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0289

Company Name:	Menard County Coal Company
Mine Name:	Tallula No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1888	End Date:	March 1914
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	253
Production Indicated Acres:	140 to 200	General Area of mining acres shown:
The final map and mine outline shown may include unmined areas.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Menard

17N 7W

6

NE SE SW

Escape shaft

Menard

17N 7W

6

NE SE SW

Escape shaft

Menard

17N 7W

5

SE SE SW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

179-185

5.5

6.5

6.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The mine notes indicated that many horsebacks and numerous clay veins were present. “A little gas” was also noted.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Tallula Coal Company (add)	Tallula No. 1 (add)	1888-1912	695,354

Menard County Coal Company Listed in 1914 as Menard County Coal and Mining Company (add)	Tallula No. 1 (add)	1913-1914	63,617

Total Production: 758,971

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352225

4-1914

1:2400

1:4303

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352225, reel 03138, frame 283 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.