Mine Index 3055   Sunnyside Coal Company,   Sunnyside Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Peoria unlocated
County: Peoria
Quadrangle: Oak Hill
County Coal Data: Peoria
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

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

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Seghi Brothers Sunnyside 1936-1939 18,262
Virgil Brown Sunnyside 1939-1939 845
Sunnyside Coal Company [1] Sunnyside 1940-1942 4,573
Sunnyside Coal Company Sunnyside 1942-1942 1,246 [2]
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.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. Production after map date