Mine Index 3025 Sam Cupi Coal Company, Cupi Mine

Mine Index Number: 3025

Company Name:	Sam Cupi Coal Company
Mine Name:	Cupi Mine
Start Date:	1932	End Date:	1947
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	20
Production Indicated Acres:	7, with 6 acres mined after the map date.	General Area of mining acres shown:
The mine is larger than expected for the reported production. The old works shown on a 1934 company map indicate much more production than the figures reported below (see the unlocated mines).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Peoria

7N 7E

16

SW NE NW

Slope

Peoria

7N 7E

16

SE NW NW

Air shaft

Peoria

7N 7E

16

SW NE NW

Air shaft

Peoria

7N 7E

16

NW SE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

80

4.67

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

L. Beetter (add)	Beetter (add)	1932-1932	1,300

Leonard Butler (add)	Butler (add)	1933-1933	2,300

Beetler and Cupi (add)	Beetler and Cupi (add)	1934-1935	5,995

Sam Cupi Coal Company (add)	Cupi (add)	1936-1942	19,400

Sam Cupi Coal Company (add)	Cupi (add)	1942-1947	24,930 Production after map date

Total Production: 53,925

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352162

8-26-1942

1:1200

1:1241

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Peoria County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352162, reel 03138, frames 192 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.