Mine Index 2546 William Mitchell, Purviance Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Knox unlocated
	County:	Knox
	Quadrangle:	Farmington West
	County Coal Data:	Knox
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2546


Company Name:	William Mitchell
Mine Name:	Purviance Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1943
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	7
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Knox

9N 4E

31

NW SE ^[1]

Air shaft

Knox

9N 4E

31

NW SE ^[2]

Air shaft

Knox

9N 4E

31

NW SE ^[3]

Geology

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

Springfield

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

In the southern part of the mine, the furthest extent of the both eastern and western rooms were designated as “fallen” and inaccessible for survey. The northeastern portion was labeled “worked out, inaccessible”, and the eastern and southeastern parts of the mine had water problems.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

L. S. Purviance (add)	Purviance (add)	1934-1936	10,500

A. G. Baker (add)	Purviance (add)	1937-1938	2,985

L. S. Purviance (add)	Purviance (add)	1938-1939	1,694

William Mitchell (add)	Purviance (add)	1939-1942	5,587

William Mitchell (add)	Purviance (add)	1942-1943	1,341 ^[4]


Total Production: 22,107

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Microfilm, document 351462

3-9-1942

1:360

1:596

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Knox County) - Mine type.

Microfilm map, document 3514562, reel 03136, frame 194 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.

Mine Notes

M2546 minenotes.pdf

Mine Images

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	Microfilm
	Map ID:	351462 03136 194
	Company:
	Mine Name:	Purviance
	Caption:
	Map Date:	03-09-1942
	Map Status:	Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	M2546 351462
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/knox/m2546 351462.zip

Photographs

Notes

↑ The mine location is not precise, as the map had no features that could be aligned with the land surface. The map legend listed the location as the west 60 acres of SE 31-T9N-R4E along with a sketch map that showed the mine in the NW SE. As the entire mine could be north or south of the location shown on the accompanying map, more precise slope and air shafts cannot be given.
↑ The mine location is not precise, as the map had no features that could be aligned with the land surface. The map legend listed the location as the west 60 acres of SE 31-T9N-R4E along with a sketch map that showed the mine in the NW SE. As the entire mine could be north or south of the location shown on the accompanying map, more precise slope and air shafts cannot be given.
↑ The mine location is not precise, as the map had no features that could be aligned with the land surface. The map legend listed the location as the west 60 acres of SE 31-T9N-R4E along with a sketch map that showed the mine in the NW SE. As the entire mine could be north or south of the location shown on the accompanying map, more precise slope and air shafts cannot be given.
↑ Production after map date

[1] The mine location is not precise, as the map had no features that could be aligned with the land surface. The map legend listed the location as the west 60 acres of SE 31-T9N-R4E along with a sketch map that showed the mine in the NW SE. As the entire mine could be north or south of the location shown on the accompanying map, more precise slope and air shafts cannot be given.

[2] The mine location is not precise, as the map had no features that could be aligned with the land surface. The map legend listed the location as the west 60 acres of SE 31-T9N-R4E along with a sketch map that showed the mine in the NW SE. As the entire mine could be north or south of the location shown on the accompanying map, more precise slope and air shafts cannot be given.

[3] The mine location is not precise, as the map had no features that could be aligned with the land surface. The map legend listed the location as the west 60 acres of SE 31-T9N-R4E along with a sketch map that showed the mine in the NW SE. As the entire mine could be north or south of the location shown on the accompanying map, more precise slope and air shafts cannot be given.

[4] Production after map date

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]