Mine Index 3177 Higgerson Coal Company, Higgerson Mine

Mine Index Number: 3177

Company Name:	Higgerson Coal Company
Mine Name:	Higgerson Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	Less than 1
Acres after map date:	4This mine was later stripped out by the Captain Mine (mine index 0873).	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Perry

6S 3W

18

SW SW SE

Air shaft

Perry

6S 3W

18

SE SE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Higgerson Coal Company (add)	Higgerson (add)	1934-1936	3,414

Higgerson Coal Company (add)	Higgerson (add)	1936-1942	21,317Production after map date

Total Production: 24,731

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352087

2-29-1936

1:1200

1:1572

Not final

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, shaft location, seam.

Microfilm map, document 352087, reel 03138, frame 68 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.