Mine Index 2616 Fred W. Eads, Eads Mine

Mine Index Number: 2616

Company Name:	Fred W. Eads
Mine Name:	Eads Mine
Start Date:	Before 1881	End Date:	1890
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	12	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

La Salle

31N 3E

26

NE NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

56

5.0-5.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Fred W. Eads (add)	Eads (add)	pre1881-1890	54,904Production before July 1881 is unknown, but the 1882 Coal Report indicated 25 acres had been mined.

Total Production: 54,904

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.L32 i5.1-23

Undated

1:12069

1:12069

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

Mine notes (La Salle County) - Shaft location.

ISGS map library, 4103.L32 i5.1-23, map of Streator Coal Field - Shaft location.