Mine Index 3043 Wolschlag Co-operative Coal Company, Wolschlag Mine

Mine Index Number: 3043

Company Name:	Wolschlag Co-operative Coal Company
Mine Name:	Wolschlag Mine
Start Date:	1893	End Date:	1922
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	775, shown on the accompanying map as a general area of mining.	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Peoria

8N 7E

36

SW NE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

90-170

4.0-4.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Steve Wolschlag (add)	Wolschlag (add)	1893-1895	27,660

Wolschlag Co-operative Coal Company (add)	Wolschlag (add)	1895-1922	2,899,987

Total Production: 2,927,647

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Peoria County) - Slope location.