Mine Index 0298 Prairie State Coal Company, Prairie State Mine

Mine Index Number: 0298

Company Name:	Prairie State Coal Company
Mine Name:	Prairie State Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	1938
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,288
Acres after map date:	30	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (8 x 16 ft)

Putnam

32N 1W

8

SE NW NE

Air shaft

Putnam

32N 1W

8

SW NE NE

Geology

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

Colchester

454

3.33

LW

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was “mudstone”. The coal dipped a considerable amount in local areas. The floor was clay and sandstone.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

St. Paul Coal Company (add)	St. Paul No. 1 (add)	1904-1929	6,319,056

Prairie State Coal Company (add)	Prairie State (add)	1930-1935	334,456

Prairie State Coal Company (add)	Prairie State (add)	1935-1938	153,026

Total Production: 6,806,538

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.P82 i5.1-1

1-1924

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Microfilm, document 352071

11-1935

1:2400

1:4800

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.P82 i5.1-1 - Mine outline, shaft locations, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 352071, reel 03138, frame 43 - Mine outline (eastern side), mining method.