Mine Index 2987   Louis Schraechter,   Schraechter Mine

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Unlocated Mines In: Mercer unlocated
County: Mercer
Quadrangle: Matherville
County Coal Data: Mercer
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
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Mine Index Number: 2987

Company Name: Louis Schraechter
Mine Name: Schraechter Mine
Start Date: 1922 End Date: 1929
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 11
Production Indicated Acres: Less than 2 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Drift Mercer 15N 2W 4 NW SE NE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Rock Island Underground

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Schaechter Brothers Schaechter 1922-1925 1,600
Louis Schraechter Schraechter 1926-1929 3,375
Total Production: 4,975

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.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Mercer County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Mercer County) - Mine location.
Coal Section files, undated work map on USGS topographic map, 15-minute Milan Quadrangle - Mine outline.
Mined-out area map, O'Neill plan map No. 4, 1950 - Mine type, mine identification.

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