Mine Index 2941 Tallula Coal Company, Tallula Mine

Mine Index Number: 2941

Company Name:	Tallula Coal Company
Mine Name:	Tallula Mine
Start Date:	1922	End Date:	1931
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Menard

17N 7W

5

SW SW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Tallula Coal Company (add)	Tallula (add)	1922-1925	2,346

John Murrell (add)	Tallula (add)	1925-1925	1,100

Murrell Brothers (add)	Tallula (add)	1926-1927	582

Tallula Coal Company (add)	Tallula (add)	1928-1928	1,090

Xavier Heitzman (add)	Tallula (add)	1929-1929	830

H. C. Broundt (add)	Tallula (add)	1930-1930	6,705

Brandt and Walker (add)	Tallula (add)	1931-1931	2,177

Total Production: 14,830

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

4-30-1931

(text only)

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Menard County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam.