Mine Index 2984 Bryan B. Peterson, Peterson Mine

Mine Index Number: 2984

Company Name:	Bryan B. Peterson
Mine Name:	Peterson Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1878	End Date:	1925
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	12
Production Indicated Acres:	30	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Mercer

15N 1W

21

SW NW NE

Geology

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

Rock Island

21-65

2.5-4.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Charles Peterson (add)	Peterson (add)	pre1878-1895 Production, ownership, and years of operation before 1878 are unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 4 acres were mined.	40,297

Bryan B. Peterson (add)	Peterson (add)	1895-1918	46,798

Axel Swanson and Nimrick (add)	Swanson and Nimrick (add)	1918-1920	5,606

Axel Swanson (add)	Swanson (add)	1920-1923	3,626 The 1922 Coal Report did not list mines producing less than 10,000 tons.

Peterson Coal Company (add)	Peterson (add)	1923-1924	360

Bryan B. Peterson (add)	Peterson (add)	1924-1925	2,059

Total Production: 98,746

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Coal Section files, Milan Quadrangle

Undated

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Mercer County) - Mine location, depth.

Coal Section files, undated work map on USGS topographic map, 15-minute Milan Quadrangle - Mine outline.