Mine Index 3129 Barwell Coal Company, Barwell Mine

Mine Index Number: 3129

Company Name:	Barwell Coal Company
Mine Name:	Barwell Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1881	End Date:	1901
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	181 Production indicates approximately 42 acres were mined.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Perry

5S 4W

35

SE SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

71-110

6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Barwell and Carter (add)	Galum (add)	pre1881-1882 Production and years of operation before 1882 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicates 9 acres were mined.	5,328 Production and years of operation before 1882 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicates 9 acres were mined.

Carter and Barwell (add)	Galum (add)	1882-1889	59,214

Barwell Coal Company (add)	Barwell (add)	1889-1891	23,751

Bryden Coal and Coke Company (add)	Barwell (add)	1891-1893	10,864

Barwell Coal Company (add)	Barwell (add)	1893-1894	1,200

Brown and Barwell (add)	Brown and Barwell (add)	1894-1899	119,340

Barwell Coal Company (add)	Barwell (add)	1899-1901	9,450

Total Production: 229,147

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

10-1937

1:126720

1:126720

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Perry County) - Shaft location, seam.

Federal Land Bank Report (Perry County) - Shaft location, mine outline.