Mine Index 2863 Elmer Lopeman, Lopeman Mine

Mine Index Number: 2863

Company Name:	Elmer Lopeman
Mine Name:	Lopeman Mine
Start Date:	1911	End Date:	1944
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	6
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
An area designated “old works” on the source map is shown as a general area of mining on the map that accompanies this directory. There may be additional drift entries into the old works that are not shown.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Marshall

13N 9E

35

SE SE SE

Air shaft

Marshall

13N 9E

35

SE SE SE

Geology

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

Danville

14-30

3.7 (3.5-5.0)

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

John H. Pearson (add)	Pearson (add)	1911-1938	5,085 Production not reported 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons. Idle 1928 & 1929. Production notreported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year (the mine was active when visited in 1931).

Elmer Lopeman (add)	Lopeman (add)	1939-1942	3,023

Elmer Lopeman (add)	Lopeman (add)	1942-1944	1,693 Production after map date

Total Production: 9,801

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352312

9-5-1942

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

ISGS field notes (H. B. Willman)

10-29-1931

(text only)

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.

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

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

Mine notes (Marshall County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

ISGS field notes (Marshall County) - Mine type, slope location, depth, thickness, years of operation.

Microfilm map, document 352312, reel 03138, frame 387 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.