Mine Index 0501 Pyramid Coal Company, Pyramid No. 4 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0501

Company Name:	Pyramid Coal Company
Mine Name:	Pyramid No. 4 Mine
Start Date:	1914	End Date:	March 3, 1944
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	535; connected underground to Dove Mine (mine index 3606).
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Drift

St. Clair

2N 9W

24

NW NE NE

Air drift

St. Clair

2N 9W

24

NW NE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Aloys Gundlach Coal Company (add)	Gundlach (add)	1914-1942	2,334,718

Pyramid Coal Company (add)	Pyramid No. 4 (add)	1942-1944	247,429

Total Production: 2,582,147

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351024

3-3-1944

1:2400

1:4966

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.

Microfilm map, document 351024, reel 03134, frames 103,104 - Drift locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Thickness, seam, mine type, drift location.