Mine Index 3153 Jupiter Coal Company, Eaton Mine (Jupiter No. 1 Mine)

Mine Index Number: 3153

Company Name:	Jupiter Coal Company
Mine Name:	Eaton Mine (Jupiter No. 1 Mine)
Start Date:	1888	End Date:	1902
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	120	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Perry

6S 1W

16

SE NW NW

Air shaft

Perry

6S 1W

16

SE NW NW

Air shaft

Perry

6S 1W

16

SE NW NW

Slope Identified on the source map as Jupiter No. 2 Mine (not to be confused with Jupiter No. 2 Mine, mine index 179 in 32-T5S-R1W).

Perry

6S 1W

16

SW NW NW

Air shaft Identified on the source map as Jupiter No. 2 Mine (not to be confused with Jupiter No. 2 Mine, mine index 179 in 32-T5S-R1W).

Perry

6S 1W

16

SW NW NW

Pump shaft Coded as an air shaft on the accompanying map

Perry

6S 1W

9

SE SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

35

6.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Jupiter Coal Company (add)	Eaton,Jupiter No. 1Identified on the source map as Old Jupiter Mine (add)	1888-1902 Idle 1900	707,680

Total Production: 707,680

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

WPA, T6S-R1W

1940

1:12000

1:55096

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

WPA map, T6S-R1W - Shaft locations.