Mine Index 3055 Sunnyside Coal Company, Sunnyside Mine

Mine Index Number: 3055

Company Name:	Sunnyside Coal Company
Mine Name:	Sunnyside Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	10
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1 acre was mined 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

20

NE NE NE

Air shaft

Peoria

9N 6E

20

NE NE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

104

4.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Seghi Brothers (add)	Sunnyside (add)	1936-1939	18,262

Virgil Brown (add)	Sunnyside (add)	1939-1939	845

Sunnyside Coal Company Ownership of the mine changed from W. D. Strickland to Henry Wolford and then to Lee Patton in 1941, but themine continued to operate under the name of Sunnyside Coal Company. (add)	Sunnyside (add)	1940-1942	4,573

Sunnyside Coal Company (add)	Sunnyside (add)	1942-1942	1,246 Production after map date

Total Production: 24,926

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352257

7-3-1942

1:1200

1:2152

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, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352257, reel 03138, frame 323 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, depth.