Mine Index 0785 Perry Coal Company, Carbon Mine

Mine Index Number: 0785

Company Name:	Perry Coal Company
Mine Name:	Carbon Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1882	End Date:	March 1937
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	258
Acres after map date:	98	General Area of mining acres shown:
The secondary source outline may encompass some of this extended production.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

2N 8W

25

NW SE NW

Air shaft

St. Clair

2N 8W

25

SE NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

187-194

6.0-7.0

RPB,HERThe Coal Report of 1884 indicates the pillars were being pulled. The extent of this high extraction is unknown.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Gartside Coal Company (add)	Gartside (add)	pre1882-1883	39,000 Production and ownership prior to 1882 is not known. The Coal Reports of 1882 and 1883 indicate 85 and 120 acres were mined, respectively.

Joseph Taylor (add)	Alma (add)	1883-1888	116,826

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Alma (add)	1888-1896	509,490

Richard Lindley (add)	Alma (add)	1896-1897	47,701

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Alma (add)	1897-1898	11,293

Lebanon Coal and Mining Company Mine abandoned 1898, bought by Yock Brothers in 1904. No production was reported under Yock name. (add)	Carbon (add)	1904-1905	18,172

International Coal and Mining Company (add)	Carbon (add)	1905-1919	1,082,144

West Virginia Coal and Mining Company (add)	Carbon (add)	1919-1920	88,308

Perry County Coal Corporation (add)	Carbon (add)	1920-1921	139,992

Perry Coal Company (add)	Carbon (add)	1921-1930	1,202,867

Perry Coal Company (add)	Carbon (add)	1930-1937	577,504 Production after map date

Total Production: 3,833,297

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351104

2-15-1930

1:2400

1:4615

Not final

ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-54

5-21-1960

1:4800

1:4800

Secondary source

Microfilm, document 351074

3-1-1930

1:2400

1:4140

Secondary source

State archive, PB_93

10-9-1931 The map date was 10-9-1931, but notes in the southeastern portion of the map show the area was surveyed 3-30- 1936 and checked 7-26-1940. This area of the mine may be a final outline.

1:2400

1:2400

Not 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, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351104, reel 03134, frames 219,220 - Mine outline (northeastern), mining method.

ISGS library map, 4103.S31 i5.1-54, map of Peabody Coal Company, St. Ellen Mine (mine index 0533) - Mine outline (southern).

Microfilm map, document 351074, reel 03134, frames 177,178, map of Taylor Mine (mine index 0081) - General area of mining.

State archive, PB_93 - Air shaft location, general area of mining (NW and NE 25-T2N-R8W).