Mine Index 0341 Perry Coal Company, Pittsburg Mine

Mine Index Number: 0341

Company Name:	Perry Coal Company
Mine Name:	Pittsburg Mine
Start Date:	1884	End Date:	March 1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	181
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

St. Clair

1N 8W

16

SW NE SW

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

16

SW NE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

123

6.5

RPB

Geological Problems Reported

The roof shale had numerous concretions. The mine was very wet, presumably from a flooded mine to the north, which necessitated drilling 15 to 25 feet in advance of the workings to avoid the danger of flooding.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Pittsburgh Mining Company (add)	Pittsburgh (add)	1884-1885	7,560

New Pittsburgh Mining Company (add)	Pittsburg (add)	1885-1886	8,450

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis Lessees Pittsburg Coal Company (1887-1888), L. Michael (1888-1889) (add)	Pittsburg (add)	1886-1889	26,950

Pittsburg Mining Company (add)	Pittsburg (add)	1889-1890	5,000

Lewis Mishaelis (add)	Pittsburg (add)	1891-1892 Idle 1890-1891	12,080

Pittsburg Mine (add)	Pittsburg (add)	1892-1894	24,600

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Pittsburg (add)	1894-1896	28,204

Louis Michaelis (add)	Pittsburg (add)	1896-1897	28,128

Consolidated Coal Company (add)	Pittsburg (add)	1897-1902	102,655

Theodore Micheals (add)	Pittsburg (add)	1902-1903	32,131

Pittsburg Mining Company (add)	Pittsburg (add)	1903-1919	665,254

Perry County Coal Corporation (add)	Pittsburg (add)	1919-1921	97,529

Perry Coal Company (add)	Pittsburg (add)	1921-1923	53,151

Total Production: 1,091,692

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 350961

3-30-1910

1:2400

1:5297

Not final This source map was used for the portion of the mine adjoining the Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis mines to the west. The source map is a final map for the adjoining mines, and is therefore shown as a "Final" line type on the accompanying map.

Microfilm, document 351103

3-23-1923

1:1200

1:2652

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.

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

Microfilm map, document 350961, reel 03134, frame 4 - Mine outline (western).

Microfilm map, document 351103, reel 03134, frame 218 - Shaft locations, mine outline (southern and eastern).