Mine Index 3071 Pleasant Hill Coal Company, Pleasant Hill No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3071

Company Name:	Pleasant Hill Coal Company
Mine Name:	Pleasant Hill No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1940	End Date:	April 1955
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	15
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 7E

23

NE SE NW

Air shaft

Peoria

9N 7E

23

NE SE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

90

3.67-4.0

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Pleasant Hill Coal Company (add)	Pleasant Hill No. 2 (add)	1940-1940	497

Theodore Zahner Coal Company (add)	Zahner No. 2 (add)	1941-1944	11,761

Pleasant Coal Company (add)	Pleasant Hill No. 2 (add)	1945-1946	2,152

Rock and Stevenson Coal Company (add)	Rock and Stevenson (add)	1946-1954	30,229

Pleasant Hill Coal Company (add)	Pleasant Hill No. 2 (add)	1954-1955	1,386

Total Production: 46,025

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352198

4-12-1955

1:960

1:1522

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 352198, reel 03138, frame 251 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.