Mine Index Number: 0774
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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H. E. Presswood Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Presswood Mine
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| Start Date:
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1889
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End Date:
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1939
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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31
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| Acres after map date:
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Less than 1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Perry
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5S 3W
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13
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SE SE SW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Perry
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5S 3W
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13
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SW SE SW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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84-92
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5.5
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6.5
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6.0
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RPB
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was generally a gray shale, often composed of 3 to 6 feet of white top, some of which came down with the coal. A “claw” of limestone cap rock descended to within 2 feet of the floor (300 feet southwest of the new hoist shaft). This area also had many concretions in the black shale. In the western part of the mine, the limestone was 6 inches above the coal. In the eastern part, up to 4 feet of black shale was between the coal and limestone. The blue band was 7 inches above the floor, and was composed of up to 2 inches of clay and shale.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 283,228
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 352082
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1937
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1:2400
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1:5296
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Not final
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Federal Land Bank Report
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9-21-1933
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1:126720
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1:126720
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 352082, reel 03138, frame 62 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Perry County) - Mine outline (western side).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1926 and 1927
- ↑ Production after map date
