Mine Index 3231 Percy Coal Company, Percy Mine

Mine Index Number: 3231

Company Name:	Percy Coal Company
Mine Name:	Percy Mine
Start Date:	1912	End Date:	1941
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	32
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The mine is smaller than expected for the reported production, which would indicate approximately 52 acres were mined. The coal may have been thicker than reported, and pillar extraction may have been practiced.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Randolph

6S 5W

14

NW NE NW

Air shaft

Randolph

6S 5W

14

NW NE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

52

4.67

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Rury and Rury (add)	Rury (add)	1912-1914	6,720

Syndicate Mining Company (add)	Rury (add)	1914-1915	12,000

John A. Rury (add)	Rury (add)	1915-1917	7,600

Rury and Brothers (add)	Rury (add)	1917-1918	4,800

Rury Coal Company (add)	Rury (add)	1918-1920	9,500

Syndicate Mining Company The mine was also known as Lemming and Blair (add)	Syndicate (add)	1920-1940 Mines producing less than 10,000 tons were not reported in 1922.	174,259

Percy Coal Company (add)	Percy (add)	1941-1941	3,532

Total Production: 218,411

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353340

4-6-1942

1:1200

1:1737

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 353340, reel 03142, frame 324 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.