Mine Index 2981 Coal Valley Mining Company, Coal Valley Slope Mine

Mine Index Number: 2981

Company Name:	Coal Valley Mining Company
Mine Name:	Coal Valley Slope Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1878	End Date:	1896
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None ncluded in the general area of mining for Coal Valley No. 2 Mine (mine index 17).
Production Indicated Acres:	105	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Mercer

15N 1W

5

Geology

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

Rock Island

40-100

3.5-4.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

P. L. Cable (add)	Cable Slope (add)	pre1878-1879	12,521

Coal Valley Mining Company (add)	Coal Valley Slope (add)	1879-1896	338,669

Total Production: 351,190

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

62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes - Slope location.