Mine Index 3156 Perfection Coal Company, Perfection Mine

Mine Index Number: 3156

Company Name:	Perfection Coal Company
Mine Name:	Perfection Mine
Start Date:	1918	End Date:	April 1940
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	381
Acres after map date:	12	General Area of mining acres shown:
The outline on the accompanying map is larger than expected for the reported production. The coal may have been thinner than reported, and older surface-mined areas may have been expanded by the Perfection Mine. The reported production indicates approximately 250 acres were mined.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit or tipple

Perry

6S 1W

17

NE SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

40-50

5.0

6.0

5.5

Surface

Geological Problems Reported

A small fault was found in SW 16-T6S-R1W. This fault zone was reported to have widened to the southeast. Some erosional areas in the 1923 pit showed no coal at all. The overburden was 10 to 20 feet of fine-grained glacial material with a base of boulders that persisted throughout the pit. Below the glacial deposits was 3 to 16 feet of shale that was easily removed. The coal was reported to contain few impurities. Some old works were encountered, and the pillars were mined.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Scott Smith and Company (add)	Smith (add)	1918-1924	540,497

Perfection Coal Company (add)	Perfection (add)	1924-1937	1,643,433

Perfection Coal Company (add)	Perfection (add)	1937-1940	109,094 Production after map date

Total Production: 2,293,024

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, MSHA_48_01

11-25-1937

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

USGS topographic map, Elkville

PR 1978

1:24000

1:24000

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 type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

State archive, MSHA_48_01 - Mine outline, mining method.

USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Elkville Quadrangle, 1968 PR 1978 - Mine outline (southwestern part).