Mine Index 3077 Russell Delong Coal Company, Delong Mine

Mine Index Number: 3077

Company Name:	Russell Delong Coal Company
Mine Name:	Delong Mine
Start Date:	1922	End Date:	1945
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1 acre was mined after the 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

30

S ½ NW NW

Air slope

Peoria

9N 7E

30

S ½ NW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

60

4.0

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Thomas Hunt (add)	Hunt (add)	1922-1939	5,864 Production was not reported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year.

August Reents (add)	Reents (add)	1939-1940	588

Thomas Hunt, Sr. (add)	Hunt (add)	1940-1941	386

Dare and Delong (add)	Dare and Delong (add)	1941-1942	391

Frank Dare (add)	Dare (add)	1942-1942	67

Russel Delong Coal Company (add)	Delong (add)	1942-1943	1,554

Russel Delong Coal Company (add)	Delong (add)	1944-1945	408 Production after map date (the source map was said to be circa 1943).

Total Production: 9,258

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352286

Undated

1:1044

1:1728

Undated

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, drift location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352286, reel 03138, frame 356 - Slope locations, mine outline, mining method.