Mine Index 3159 Old Egyptian Coal Company, Egyptian Mine

Mine Index Number: 3159

Company Name:	Old Egyptian Coal Company
Mine Name:	Egyptian Mine
Start Date:	1891	End Date:	1907
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	20
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	60

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Perry

6S 1W

18

NE SW NW

Air shaft

Perry

6S 1W

18

NE SW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

75-95

5.0-6.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Egyptian Mining Company The owner of Egyptian Mining Company was L. S. Smith, according to the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map. (add)	Egyptian (add)	1891-1894	69,233

Du Quoin Union Coal Company (add)	Egyptian (add)	1894-1899	384,000

Vulcan Coal Company (add)	Egyptian (add)	1900-1905	Unknown The shaft was shown on the 1900 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, leased by Vulcan Coal Company. Production, if any, is unknown. The text on the map, describing the mine, stated the mine worked out 120 acres. The mine may be larger than shown on the accompanying map.

Old Egyptian Coal Company (add)	Egyptian (add)	1906-1907	700

Total Production: 453,933

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

Microfilm, document 352078

2-1921

1:2400

1:4469

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

ISGS field notes (Perry County) - Shaft location.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps - Mine ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.

WPA map, T6S-R1W - Shaft locations.

Microfilm map, document 352078, reel 03138, frame 57, map of Jewel Mine (mine index 3158) - Mine outline.