Mine Index 3095 H. E. Calhoun Coal Company, Calhoun Mine

Mine Index Number: 3095

Company Name:	H. E. Calhoun Coal Company
Mine Name:	Calhoun Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1944
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Production Indicated Acres:	9	General Area of mining acres shown:	5
A general area of mining is shown on the accompanying map, with an ‘uncertain location’ symbol designating the general location of the slope with regard to the mined area. The source map could not be georegistered to surface coordinates.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Peoria

10N 7E

30

NE SE NE

Air shaft

Peoria

10N 7E

30

NE SE NE The escape / air shaft is just east of the main slope. The air shaft or slope (not clear on the source map) is not shown on the accompanying map because the map could not be georegistered.

Geology

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

Springfield

95

3.33

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

H. E. Calhoun Coal Company (add)	Calhoun (add)	1936-1944	27,183
Total Production: 27,183

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

Microfilm, document 352168

10-5-1942

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, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352168, reel 03138, frame 200 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.