Mine Index 0626 Prairie Coal Company, Prairie Mine

Mine Index Number: 0626

Company Name:	Prairie Coal Company
Mine Name:	Prairie Mine
Start Date:	1905	End Date:	March 1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	777
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

2N 8W

27

SE SW SW

Air shaft

St. Clair

2N 8W

27

SE SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

205

7.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Prairie Coal Company (add)	Prairie (add)	1905-1942 Idle July 1926 through 1929	5,246,968
Total Production: 5,246,968

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.S31i5.1-18

10-30-1942

1:2400

1:2400

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, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-18 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.