Mine Index 3356 Plains Mining Company, Plains Mine

Mine Index Number: 3356

Company Name:	Plains Mining Company
Mine Name:	Plains Mine
Start Date:	1931	End Date:	1939
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	43; production indicates approximately 7 acres were mined.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft

Sangamon

16N 7W

4

W ½ SW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

128

5.67

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Plains Mining Company (add)	Plains (add)	1931-1934	14,186

Pleasant Plains Coal Company (add)	Pleasant Plains (add)	1935-1935	6,400

Plains Mining Company (add)	Plains (add)	1936-1939	16,535

Total Production: 37,121

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

2-1934

1:158400

1:158400

Secondary source

Mine notes (W. B. Roe)

4-30-1931

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Federal Land Bank Report (Sangamon County) - Mine outline, mine type.