Mine Index 0828 Third Vein Coal Company, Orchard Mine

Mine Index Number: 0828

Company Name:	Third Vein Coal Company
Mine Name:	Orchard Mine
Start Date:	1890	End Date:	1909
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	162
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The longwall area shown on the accompanying map is larger than expected for the reported production. Longwall production in the Colchester Coal was 109,401 tons (expected acreage is about 27 acres), and the room and pillar mining in the Springfield Coal was 34,087 tons (expected acreage is about 8 acres). The longwall mine is certainly encompassed in the area shown on the accompanying map, although it is likely the entire area shown for the Colchester Coal is not all undermined.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (Colchester)

Peoria

7N 7E

14

center NW

Shaft (Springfield)

Peoria

7N 7E

14

SE NW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

4.5

RP

Colchester

100-165

2.67

3.5

2.33-2.67

LW

Geological Problems Reported

A small amount of gas was emitted from the roof of the Colchester Coal. The roof was8 to 12 feet of gray shale, with 10 feet of black shale over that. Concretions were occasionally encountered, up to 12 by 6 by 18 inches in size. Pyrite nodules were rare, although one measuring 1 by 6 inches was reported.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Frank Lowery (add)	Lowery (Springfield Coal) (add)	1890-1897	30,749

Lowery Estate (add)	Lowery (Springfield Coal) (add)	1897-1898	2,223

A. Beharelle and Company (add)	Lowery (Springfield Coal) (add)	1898-1899	615

Frank Lowery (add)	Lowery (Colchester Coal) (add)	1896-1897	967

Lowery Estate (add)	Lowery (Colchester Coal) (add)	1897-1898	1,650

A. Beharelle (add)	Lowery (Colchester Coal) (add)	1898-1900	7,240

Third Vein Coal Company (add)	Orchard; Third Vein No. 2 (add)	1900-1909	100,044

Total Production: 143,488

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Standard Atlas of Peoria County

1896

1:31680

1:31680

Secondary source

Federal Land Bank of St. Louis

8-18-1933

1:142560

1:142560

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Peoria County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, thickness, geologic problems.

Standard Atlas of Peoria County, Illinois, 1896 - Shaft location (Colchester Coal).

Federal Land Bank of St. Louis Report - Mine outline (Springfield Coal).