Mine Index 0531 Greenview Fuel Company, Greenview Mine

Mine Index Number: 0531

Company Name:	Greenview Fuel Company
Mine Name:	Greenview Mine
Start Date:	1925	End Date:	February 1954
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	226
Acres after map date:	1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Menard

19N 6W

36

SW NW NW

Air shaft

Menard

19N 6W

36

SE NW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

178

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The seam contained horizontal lenses of pyrite as well as calcite and pyrite as vertical fracture fillings.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Greenview Mining Company (add)	Greenview (add)	1925-1944	683,855

Greenview Fuel Company (add)	Greenview (add)	1944-1952	97,521

Greenview Fuel Company (add)	Greenview (add)	1952-1954	3,842

Total Production: 785,218

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352218

12-1-1952

1:2400

1:5131

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352218, reel 03138, frame 276 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.