Mine Index 3033 Limestone Coal Company, Limestone Mine

Mine Index Number: 3033

Company Name:	Limestone Coal Company
Mine Name:	Limestone Mine
Start Date:	1902	End Date:	1932
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	40	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Peoria

8N 7E

10

SE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

126

4.16

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Limestone Coal Company (add)	Limestone (add)	1902-1906	16,352

William Cook (add)	Limestone (add)	1906-1907	3,926

Limestone Coal Company (add)	Limestone (add)	1907-1917	49,312

William Cook (add)	Limestone (add)	1916-1922 Production not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons	35,915

Limestone Coal Company (add)	Limestone (add)	1922-1923	7,761

William Cook (add)	Limestone (add)	1923-1926	14,144

Limestone Coal Company (add)	Limestone (add)	1927-1927	5,404

William Cook (add)	Limestone (add)	1928-1931	18,910

Limestone Coal Company (add)	Limestone (add)	1932-1932	1,090

Total Production: 152,814

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352197

12-29-1952

1:2400

1:3641

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Peoria County) - Depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352197, reel 03138, frames 249, 250, map of Hilltop Mine (mine index 3031) - Shaft location, general mine outline.