Mine Index 3072 Superior Mining Company, Superior Mine

Mine Index Number: 3072

Company Name:	Superior Mining Company
Mine Name:	Superior Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	March 1956
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	45
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 Connected underground to Liberty No. 1 Mine (mine index 3084).

Peoria

9N 7E

27

SW SE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

184

4.0

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Superior Mining Company (add)	Superior (add)	1935-1936	4,381

Andrew Sepesi (add)	Superior (add)	1937-1937	3,836

Superior Mining Company (add)	Superior (add)	1938-1947	80,457

Andrew Sepesi (add)	Superior (add)	1948-1949	16,751

Superior Mining Company (add)	Superior (add)	1950-1951	15,457

Andrew Sepesi (add)	Superior (add)	1952-1952	6,470

Superior Mining Company (add)	Superior (add)	1953-1956	17,933

Total Production: 145,285

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352199

3-17-1956

1:1200

1:2151

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, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352199, reel 03138, frame 255 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.