Mine Index 3042 Walter Treasure Coal Company, Treasure Mine

Mine Index Number: 3042

Company Name:	Walter Treasure Coal Company
Mine Name:	Treasure Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1878	End Date:	September 1954
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	143
Acres after map date:		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

26

SE SW NW

Air shaft

Peoria

8N 7E

26

SE SW NW

Air shaft

Peoria

8N 7E

27

NE SE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

60-185

4.33

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Walter Treasure Coal Company (add)	Treasure (add)	pre1878-1954 The 1879 Coal Report indicates 10 acres were mined. Idle 1897-1899. New openings were constructed in 1905 and 1911.	1,076,265 The 1879 Coal Report indicates 10 acres were mined. Idle 1897-1899. New openings were constructed in 1905 and 1911.

Total Production: 1,076,265

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352145

10-4-1954

1:2400

1:4965

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, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352145, reel 03138, frame 166 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.