Mine Index 3206 Miners Coal Company, Beveridge Mine

Mine Index Number: 3206

Company Name:	Miners Coal Company
Mine Name:	Beveridge Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	July 1959
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	42
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Randolph

5S 6W

2

NW SW NE

Air shaft

Randolph

5S 6W

2

NW SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

55-65

5.5-6.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The area south of the shafts is designated a “squeeze area” on the source map.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Hector Beveridge Coal Company (add)	Beveridge No. 2 (add)	1936-1952	143,623

Ideal Coal Company, Incorporated (add)	Beveridge No. 2 (add)	1952-1953	1,014

West Side Coal Company (add)	Beveridge No. 2 (add)	1953-1955	3,542

Western Coal Company (add)	Beveridge No. 2 (add)	1955-1957	6,805

Sparta Coal Company (add)	Beveridge (add)	1957-1958	1,679

Miners Coal Company (add)	Beveridge (add)	1958-1959	838

Total Production: 157,501

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353362

7-25-1959

1:2400

1:3144

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness.

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

Mine notes (Randolph County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth.

Microfilm map, document 353362, reel 03142, frame 364 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.