Mine Index 3113 Panther Creek Coal Company, Panther Creek Mine

Mine Index Number: 3113

Company Name:	Panther Creek Coal Company
Mine Name:	Panther Creek Mine
Start Date:	Unknown	End Date:	1925
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	21 Production indicates less than 1 acre was mined.
Most of the mine was later removed by surface mining by Burning Star No. 2 Mine (mine index 864).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Mine

Perry

5S 2W

33

NW NE SE

Air shaft

Perry

5S 2W

33

NW NE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

45

5.5-6.0

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Howard Pope (add)	Pope (add)	UnknownBoth map sources are from the same approximate time period, circa 1934. Howard Pope may have operated in 1922, when mines producing less than 10,000 tons were not listed in the Coal Reports, or between 1930 and 1933, when mines producing less than 1,000 tons were not listed. Alternatively, Howard Pope may have been the owner of Panther Creek Coal Company.	UnknownBoth map sources are from the same approximate time period, circa 1934. Howard Pope may have operated in 1922, when mines producing less than 10,000 tons were not listed in the Coal Reports, or between 1930 and 1933, when mines producing less than 1,000 tons were not listed. Alternatively, Howard Pope may have been the owner of Panther Creek Coal Company.

Panther Creek Coal Company (add)	Panther Creek (add)	1924-1925	530

Total Production: 530

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-70

10-1934

1:63360

1:63360

Secondary source

WPA, T5S-R2W

Undated

1:12000

1:42240

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine location, seam, depth, thickness.

ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-70, preliminary map for Federal Land Bank of St. Louis report - Shaft locations, mine outline, mine ownership.

WPA map, T5S-R2W - Mine ownership, mine location.