Mine Index 2546 William Mitchell, Purviance Mine

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 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.

Air shaft

Knox

9N 4E

31

NW SE 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.

Air shaft

Knox

9N 4E

31

NW SE 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.

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 Production after map date

Total Production: 22,107

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

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.