Mine Index 2717 Eli Cope, Cope Mine

Mine Index Number: 2717

Company Name:	Eli Cope
Mine Name:	Cope Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	1888
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	10	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Livingston

30N 3E

1

SW SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

45-60

4.0-5.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

George W. McMan (add)	McMan (add)	1881-1883	13,000

Eli Cope (add)	Cope (add)	1883-1888	30,850

Total Production: 43,850

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

1:62500

1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Livingston County) - Shaft location.