Mine Index 3053 Lawrence Dawson, Dawson Mine

Mine Index Number: 3053

Company Name:	Lawrence Dawson
Mine Name:	Dawson Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1941
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1
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 slope

Peoria

9N 6E

15

NW NE SW

Air slope

Peoria

9N 6E

15

NW NE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

15-100

4.0-4.83

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

John Price (add)	Price (add)	1936-1936	410

Forrest French (add)	French (add)	1937-1939	2,637

Joe C. Turner (add)	Turner (add)	1939-1939	455

Red Bird Coal Company (add)	Red Bird (add)	1940-1940	331

Lawrence Dawson (add)	Dawson (add)	1940-1941	913

Total Production: 4,746

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352249

10-12-1941

1:600

1:993

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, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352249, reel 03138, frame 315 - Slope locations, mine outline, mining method.