Mine Index 0348 Dorthel Coal Company, Hanna City Mine

Mine Index Number: 0348

Company Name:	Dorthel Coal Company
Mine Name:	Hanna City Mine
Start Date:	1883	End Date:	February 1938
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	882
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
No source maps showed the area where the Herrin Coal was mined, and a general area of mining is shown on the accompanying map to indicate the approximate size of the mined area.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Peoria

8N 6E

10

NW NE SE

Air shaft

Peoria

8N 6E

10

NE NE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

170

4.5

RP

Springfield

210-250

3.83

4.25

4.0

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof for the Herrin Coal was limestone and gray shale. The blue band averaged 1 inch thick, but ranged up to 3 inches in some places. The roof to the Springfield Coal was 6 to 12 inches of limestone cap rock that was about 4 feet above the coal. The interval between the limestone and the shale was mostly black shale with 4 to 6 inches of draw slate. Horsebacks were observed in the mine. The seam contained clay partings, generally 1/8 inch thick or less. The floor was a hard gray underclay.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Hanna City Coal Company (add)	Hanna City (add)	1883-1888	49,320

Chapman and Company (add)	Chapman (add)	1888-1889	7,064

Illinois Coal and Coke Company (add)	Hanna City (add)	1889-1891	27,298

Hanna Coal Company (add)	Hanna City (add)	1891-1894	56,563

Hanna City Coal Company (add)	Hanna City (add)	1894-1897	15,894

Newsam Brothers (add)	Hanna City (add)	1897-1906	279,567

Applegate and Lewis Coal Company (add)	Hanna City (add)	1906-1912	214,061

Logan Coal Company (add)	Hanna City (add)	1912-1923	1,081,084

Hanna City Mining Company (add)	Hanna City (add)	1923-1926	592,559

Dorthel Coal Company (add)	Hanna City (add)	1927-1938	1,338,551

Total Production: 3,661,961

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352280

5-24-1938

1:2400

1:4137

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth.

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

Mine notes (Peoria County) - Mine type, shaft location, seams, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352280, reel 03138, frames 346-349 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.