Mine Index 3074 Lee Patton Coal Company, Elm Hill Mine

Mine Index Number: 3074

Company Name:	Lee Patton Coal Company
Mine Name:	Elm Hill Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1949
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	8
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

28

SW SW NE

Drift

Peoria

9N 7E

28

SE SW NE

Air shaft

Peoria

9N 7E

28

SW SW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

25

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

H. Yelm (add)	Yelm (add)	1936-1938 Idle 1937 and 1938	111

Bowen Coal Company (add)	Bowen (add)	1939-1941 Idle 1941	918

Lee Patton Coal Company (add)	Elm Hill (add)	1942-1949 Idle 1944-1946	10,918

Total Production: 11,947

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352191

5-22-1950

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, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352191, reel 03138, frame 229 - Slope, drift & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.