Mine Index 3092 Youngman Coal Company, Rowcliffe Mine

Mine Index Number: 3092

Company Name:	Youngman Coal Company
Mine Name:	Rowcliffe Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1 acre mined after map date.	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Peoria

10N 6E

25

SE SE NE

Air shaft

Peoria

10N 6E

25

SE SE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

17

3.07

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Frank Murnan Coal Company (add)	Murnan (add)	1935-1937	4,298

James W. Rowcliffe Coal Company (add)	Rowcliffe (add)	1937-1940	5,130

L. Martin (add)	Rowcliffe (add)	1941-1941	350

Shaw Brothers (add)	Rowcliffe (add)	1941-1941	138 Production after map date

Youngman Coal Company (add)	Rowcliffe (add)	1942-1942	88 Production after map date

Total Production: 10,004

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352261

4-26-1941

1:600

1:662

Not 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, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352261, reel 03138, frame 327 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.