Mine Index 2945 Pleasant Hill Coal Company, Pleasant Hill Mine

Mine Index Number: 2945

Company Name:	Pleasant Hill Coal Company
Mine Name:	Pleasant Hill Mine
Start Date:	1918	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	16
Acres after map date:	2	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Menard

18N 7W

11

SE NE SE

Air shaft

Menard

18N 7W

11

SE NE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

144

6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Klingbeil Coal Company (add)	Klingbeil (add)	1918-1938	113,616

Klingbeil Coal Company (add)	Klingbeil (add)	1938-1938	1,540 Production after map date

Pleasant Hill Coal Company (add)	Pleasant Hill (add)	1938-1942	13,627 Production after map date

Total Production: 128,783

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352208

2-16-1938

1:1200

1:1986

Not final

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, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352208, reel 03138, frame 262 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mine type.