Mine Index 2634 Streator Coal Company, Streator No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2634

Company Name:	Streator Coal Company
Mine Name:	Streator No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	Before 1876	End Date:	1884
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	137
Acres after map date:		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

36

NE NE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

84

5.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Streator Coal Company (add)	Streator No. 1 (Old No. 4) (add)	pre1876-1884The 1882 Coal Report indicated 54 acres had been mined. Production, ownership and years of operation before July 1881 are unknown. Production was listed under the No. 1 name in the Coal Reports, but the mine is shown on maps (including the 1876 Atlas of La Salle County) as the No. 4 Mine.	171,873

Total Production: 171,873

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352327

1-1913

1:1200

1:2234

Secondary source

Microfilm, mines087.tif and mines088.tif

Undated

Unknown

1:4248

Secondary source

Microfilm, mines079.tif

1-22-1914

1:1200

1:1440

Secondary source

Microfilm, mines099.tif and mines09b.tif

Undated

Unknown

1:3960

Secondary source

Microfilm, mines066.tif and mines069.tif

Undated

1:1200

1:2076

Secondary source

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, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.

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

Mine notes (La Salle County) - Shaft location.

Microfilm map, document 352327, reel 03139, frame 433, map of Harrison Mine (mine index 2646) - Mine outline (eastern side), mining method.

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines087.tif and mines088.tif - Mine outline (northern part).

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines079.tif, map of Acme Mine (mine index 754) - Mine outline (partial of northern portion).

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines099.tif & mines09b.tif - Mine outline (southern & eastern parts).

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines066.tif & mines 069.tif, map of Stobs Mine (mine index 5686) - Mine outline (western part).

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

Warner and Beers, 1876, Atlas of La Salle County, Illinois, Chicago, Illinois - Operating date (early).