Mine Index 3160 Du Quoin Union Coal Company, Excelsior Mine

Mine Index Number: 3160

Company Name:	Du Quoin Union Coal Company
Mine Name:	Excelsior Mine
Start Date:	1889	End Date:	1897
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	37

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Perry

6S 1W

7

SW SW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

65

6.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Excelsior Coal Mining Company (add)	Excelsior (add)	1889-1894	219,920

Du Quoin Union Coal Company (add)	Excelsior (add)	1894-1897	22,340

Total Production: 242,260

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, T6S-R1W - Shaft location.