Mine Index 0729 Old Mine Coal Company, Pana No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0729

Company Name:	Old Mine Coal Company
Mine Name:	Pana No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1884	End Date:	1948
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,478
Acres after map date:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (7x18)

Christian

11N 1E

16

SE SW SE

Air shaft Pana No. 1 Mine was connected underground to the Penwell Mine (mine index 371) by 1908, in addition to their escape shaft that was completed in 1888.

Christian

11N 1E

16

SE SE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

704-730

7.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Limestone roof covered much of the mine, but where the roof was shale, such as near the shaft bottom, the shale would weather and fall.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Pana Coal and Mining Company (add)	Pana No. 1 (add)	1884-1941 Idle 1915, 1916, 1941	7,197,197

Pana Mines Corporation (add)	Pana No. 1 (add)	1942-1945	209,304

Old Mine Coal Company (add)	Pana No. 1 (add)	1946-1948	124,316

Old Mine Coal Company (add)	Pana No. 1 (add)	1948-1948	22,927 Production after map date

Total Production: 7,553,744

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351385

2-1948

1:2400

1:5131

Not final

Company, IL_503

7-1909

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Company, IL_516

3-1920

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Christian County) - Mine type, seam, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 351385, reel 03135, frames 439-442 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Company map, state archive, IL_503 - Mine outline (southern, western side of northern extension).

Company map, state archive, IL_516 - Mine outline (between northern extensions of mine).