Mine Index 3176 Pyramid Coal Corporation, Coal Stripping Mine

Mine Index Number: 3176

Company Name:	Pyramid Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Coal Stripping Mine
Start Date:	1931	End Date:	1935
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	188
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit or tipple

Perry

6S 3W

14

NW NE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

5.0-5.63

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Coal Stripping Company (add)	Coal Stripping (add)	1931-1934	1,072,188

Pyramid Coal Corporation (add)	Coal Stripping (add)	1935-1935	292,047

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

USGS topographic map, Ava

1968

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

USGS topographic map, Pinckneyville

1974, PR 1982

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine location.

USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Ava Quadrangle, 1968 - Mine outline.

USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Pinckneyville Quadrangle, 1974, photorevised 1982 - Mine outline.

WPA, T6S-R3W - Verification of mine location.