Mine Index 2940   Hopkins and Stone,   Perkins Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Menard unlocated
County: Menard
Quadrangle: Athens
County Coal Data: Menard
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2940

Company Name: Hopkins and Stone
Mine Name: Perkins Mine
Start Date: 1920 End Date: 1942
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 9
Acres after map date: 20 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft Menard 17N 6W 2 SW SE NE
Air shaft Menard 17N 6W 2 2049 FNL, 1407 FEL

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Springfield 154 6.0 MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Perkins and Hughes Perkins and Hughes 1920-1927 26,904 [1]
Perkins and Hughes Perkins and Hughes 1927-1929 15,432 [2]
H. A. Perkins Perkins 1930-1930 7,200 [3]
Perkins and Hughes Perkins and Hughes 1931-1931 7,012 [4]
Harry A. Perkins Perkins 1932-1936 45,726 [5]
Perkins Coal Company Perkins 1937-1938 7,777 [6]
Harry A. Perkins Perkins 1939-1939 5,869 [7]
Perkins Coal Company Perkins 1940-1941 11,925 [8]
Joe Hopkins and Elmer Stone Perkins 1941-1942 3,826 [9]
Total Production: 131,671

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Microfilm, document 352217 4-1927 1:2400 1:2483 Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Menard County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Menard County) - Mine type, shaft location.
Microfilm map, document 352217, reel 03138, frame 275 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

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Notes

  1. Production was not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons
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