Mine Index 3076 Lester Stear, Stear Mine

Mine Index Number: 3076

Company Name:	Lester Stear
Mine Name:	Stear Mine
Start Date:	1924	End Date:	1941
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 3	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

29

NE SW

Geology

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

Sprongfield

32

4.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Thomas Stear (add)	Stear (add)	1924-1927	234

George Stear (add)	Stear (add)	1928-1933	94 Production was not reported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year.

Lester Stear (add)	Stear (add)	1934-1936	1,070

J. L. Stear (add)	Stear (add)	1937-1939	4,123

Lester Stear (add)	Stear (add)	1940-1941	3,118

Total Production: 8,639

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

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.